The fundamentals of the Turkish flag were laid down by the laws: Old, dirty or torn flags cannot be used. Today, the red color is accepted as the symbol of blood.Ī heroic poem about the color says “What makes a flag is the blood and tears, and what converts land into a Nation is its Martyrs!”Īfter the foundation of the Turkish Republic, the Turkish flag was chosen to be a combination of a crescent and a 5-pointed star on a red background. That image so impressed the commander that he chose those symbols for the flag. The combination of the crescent and the red color came about, according to legend when one of the Turkish commanders while wandering around a battlefield, noticed the reflection of a star on the blood collected on the ground. Later in the 18th century, only one crescent together with an 8-pointed star on the red background was used. From then on, the crescent has been known as the symbol of Islam. As the Ottomans were associated with Islam, crescents might also have symbolized the sovereignty of Islam on those 3 continents. Each of the Crescents symbolized a continent on which the Ottomans used to rule. Once it was 3 white crescents with a green background. In the 14th century, it was white, in the 15th century, it was changed to red. The Ottomans used various flags of different colors at different times.

As the Turkish Republic was founded on the heritage of the Ottoman Empire, many things from that time such as the Turkish Flag continued with slight changes.

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