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THE ORIGIN OF THE TURKISH FLAG

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THE ORIGIN OF THE TURKISH FLAG

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  1. THE ORIGIN OF THE TURKISH FLAG

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  5. History of the Turkish Flag The Flag of the Republic of Turkey The Turks have had numerous flags during their long history and the crescent was on almost every one of them. Turks are Muslims, and many Muslim countries display crescents of different shapes and colors on their flags because the flag of the Ottomans displayed three crescents on a green background. The Ottomans started to use one crescent and a star on their flags, similar to the current Turkish flag, after the 16th century. There’s a great story behind the color and symbols on the Turkish flag, which was officially adopted on May 29, 1936. The story goes as one of the great Sultans, Yavuz Sultan Selim (father of Suleiman the Magnificent), went to war with the Mamaluks in Egypt in 1517. He defeated the Mamaluks and added Egypt to the Ottoman Territories. The evening after the victory, Sultan Selim wandered around the battlefield and saw a puddle of his men’s blood. The moon and a star reflected in the blood in a shape similar to the current Turkish flag. Sultan Selim was so impressed from that combination that he ordered an image of the reflection to be used as the Turkish flag.

  6. The most accepted legend of the flag is that:During World War 1; Obviously, There would have been lots of blood shed and death. The moon had been glistening and there was only one star next to it. The Commander had seen the reflection of the moon and star in the pool of blood, and had said “this will be our country’s flag.”

  7. TheCodes of TurkishFlag The crescent was declared as the holy symbol for all the Turkish nations by Fatih the Conqueror. This crescent also symbolizes the Islam religion and the holy pilgrimageof ProphetMohammed that took place in 622. The red color of the flag symbolizes the blood of the martyrs that sacrificed their life for the independence of their country. The star has fivetips, each of whichsymbolizesthe 5 mainpillars of IslamReligion.

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