List of Turkish flags

This is a list of flags used historically and currently by the Turkish people and the Turkish authorities.

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National flags

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1936–present	Flag of Turkey	18th-century design officially adopted in 1844. The star and crescent design appears on Ottoman flags beginning in the late 18th or early 19th century. The white star and crescent moon on red as the flag of the Ottoman Empire was introduced 1844.[1] After the declaration of the Republic of Turkey in 1923, the new administrative regime maintained the last flag of the Ottoman Empire. Proportional standardizations were introduced in the Turkish Flag Law of 1936.[2]
	1984–present	Flag of Northern Cyprus	The Flag of the Northern Cyprus has a red crescent and star on a white background and two stripes on the neck.[3]

Presidential flags

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1923–present	Presidential standard of the president of Turkey.	A presidential seal, which is composed of a sun with 8 long and 8 short rays surrounded by 16 stars. The sun represents the infinity of Turkey and the 16 stars represent the 16 symbolizing the 16 Great Turkic Empires in history.[4] The 16 stars are aligned with a 22.5 degree angle, equidistantly surrounding the sun. One edge of each star points to the center of the sun.[5]
	1984-1989	Presidential standard of the president of Northern Cyprus.	Apart from the drawstring edge the other three edges is framed with gold latten. On the white ground, the star and crescent has vermilion color and has two lines lengthwise. On the left corner, there are two gold latten stars one within the other and which is separated by the vermilion colored ground.[6]

Governmental flags

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	?–present	Flag of the General Directorate of Customs Protection of Turkey[7]
	?–present	Flag of the Customs Administration of Turkey
	?–present	Flag of the General Directorate of Health for Borders and Coasts
	?–present	Flag of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey

Military flags

Turkish Armed Forces

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	?–present	Standard of the Chief of the Turkish General Staff.[8]
	?-present	Regimental standard	Regimental standard of Turkey, with this specific one being the standard of the 39th Mechanized Infantry Brigade

Turkish Land Forces

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	?–present	Flag of the commander of the Turkish Land Forces.[8]
	?–present	Flag of the Turkish Land Forces Army Command.[8]
	?-present	Corps command flag, Logistics command flag, Training and Doctrine command flag
	?-present	Division command flag, Military academy command flag, Training and Doctrine School command flag and Training Center command flag
	?-present	Class School and Training Center command flag
	?-present	Regimental command flag, Brigade Deputy Commander flag and Garrison Commander flag
	?-present	Land Forces Command Air Support Continental Group command flag
	?-present	Battalion command flag
	?-present	Brigade Support Troops command flag
	?-present	Army Aviation School command flag
	?-present	Army Aviation command flag
	?-present	Army Aviation Regiment command flag

Turkish Naval Forces

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	?–present	Flag of the Grand admiral.[8]
	1904–present[9]	Flag of the commander of the Turkish Naval Forces.[8]
	?–present	Flag of the Admiral.[8]
	?–present	Flag of the Vice Admiral.[8]
	?–present	Flag of the Rear Admiral.[8]
	?–present	Flag of the Rear Admiral (LH).[8]
	?–present	Flag of the Commodore.[8]
	?-present	Pennant of the Group Commander
	?–present	Flag of the Captain.[8]
	?-present	Battalion command flag

Turkish Air Force

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	?–present	Flag of the commander of the Turkish Air Force.[8]
	?–present	Flag of the Combat Air Force and Air Missile Defense Command.[8]
	?–present	Flag of the Lieutenant-General.[8]
	?–present	Flag of the Major General.[8]
	?–present	Flag of the Brigadier-General.[8]
	?–present	Flag of the Regiment Command.[8]
	?–present	Flag of the Battalion-Fleet Command.[8]
	?-present	Air Force Support Continental command flag
	?-present	Air Force Support Continental command pennant

Gendarmerie General Command

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	?–present	Flag of the Gendarmerie General Command

Coast Guard Command

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	?–present	Flag of the Coast Guard Command

Historical flags

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1844–1922	Flag of the Ottoman Empire	The star and crescent flag of the Ottoman Empire, an early 19th-century design officially adopted in 1844.
	Late 19th century–early 20th century	Imperial standard of the Ottoman sultan
	Late 19th century–early 20th century	Naval standard of the Ottoman sultan	It is the ensign which was raised when Abdul Hamid II visited the Ottoman cruiser Hamidiye. A star and crescent and sun is located in the center of red fabric.[10]
	1913	Flag of the Provisional Government of Western Thrace[11]
	1918–1919	Flag of the Provisional National Government of the Southwestern Caucasus
	1922–1924	Caliphate standard of Abdulmejid II.[12]	The standard consisted of a green flag with a star and crescent in white on a red oval background within a rayed ornament, all in white.
	1938–1939	Flag of Hatay State

Other flags

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1922–present	Flag of the Autocephalous Turkish Orthodox Patriarchate
	1994–present	Flag of Turkmeneli	The flag of Turkmeneli represents the Iraqi Turkmens. It consists of a cyan background symbolizing the sky, with two horizontal white stripes running the width of the flag surrounding the white star and crescent which is positioned in the center of the flag.

See also

• Flags of the Ottoman Empire
• Flag of Turkey

References