Flags for the Turkic languages

Last modified: 2017-12-09 by antónio martins
Keywords: turkic | crescent and star (blue on white) | sun: 40 rays | sun (white) |
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image by Vanja Poposki, 17 Feb 2012

• About the flag

See also:

• Flags of languages
• Pan-Arab colours

External links

• Flag of the Turkic Council, at the Wikimedia Commons, as drawn by user: Hellerick
  reported by Dirk Schönberger, 06 Apr 2013
• 2012 meeting of the Cooperation Council of Turkic-speaking countries; flag photos: table top flaglet and backdrop panel reported by Jaume Ollé, 06 Apr 2013

About the flag

In the summit of Bishkek 25 august 2012 was a adopted a flag to represent the countries (not peoples) speaking turkish languages. The flag is blue (Kazakh color) with a white sun (Kyrgyzstan), within the sun a half moon (Turkey) and a eighpointed star (Azerbaidjan). I found a image of the flag and a photo.
Jaume Ollé, 05 Apr 2013

Turkic-speaking countries have agreed on a single flag at their summit in Bishkek. The statement came from Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu. He said the flag combines the symbols of four countries. «The flag combines the Sun on the flag of Kyrgyzstan, blue color of the flag of Kazakhstan, the star of the Azerbaijani flag and the crescent of the Turkish flag. Our countries will move forward thanks to this unity». He said that no project are possible in Eurasia without the participation of a Turkic state.
Vanja Poposki, 17 Feb 2012, quoting from News.AZ

No elements from the flags of Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan.
Tomislav Todorović, 26 Nov 2012

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