Turkey
Adopted1936
Design classCrescent and Star
RegionAsia
Red with a white crescent and star.
History and symbolism
The ay yildiz, the moon and star, descends from the Ottoman standard of 1844 and was fixed in 1936. The exact geometry of the star and crescent is defined by law to the degree.
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