Turkish flag
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The Turkish flag is the official flag of the Turkish Republic and represents an important symbol of national unity, consisting of the color red with a star and crescent in the center.
The Turkish flag is referred to as Albayrak (the red flag) and also referred to as Alsancak (the banner) in the İstiklal Marşı “Turkish National Anthem”.
History of the Turkish flag
The flag of Turkey is an extension of the flag of the Ottoman Empire, which was officially adopted as the flag of the empire in 1844 in the Tanzimat period during the reign of Sultan Abdul Majid.
After its declaration in 1923 by Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the Turkish Republic decided to preserve the last flag of the Ottoman Empire.
The roots of the crescent and the star in the Turkish flag goes back to the dream of the founder of the Ottoman Empire, Osman Gazi, who saw a moon emerging from the chest of the judge, the father of his wife, into the sky until the moon became a full moon.
And the story continues that the moon, after becoming a full moon, descended in Osman’s chest. Then a tree emerged from its cross that grew to shade the entire universe, as the mountains were under its shade, as well as the Nile, Tigris, Euphrates, and Danube rivers emerged from its trunk, and the leaves of this tree instantly turned into swords that were taken by the wind to Istanbul (Constantinople).
