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  2. Turkey–Islamic State conflict - Wikipedia

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    [46] [47] British newspaper The Guardian stated that Turkey, in late year 2014, "for many months did little to stop foreign recruits crossing its border to ISIS". [48] A joint communiqué, issued 11 September 2014 by the United States and 10 Arab states, to stop the flow of volunteers to the Islamic State was not signed by Turkey present at the ...

  3. Wolf salute - Wikipedia

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    The wolf salute, the grey wolf salute or the grey wolf gesture (Turkish: Bozkurt işareti), symbolizes Turkish nationalism, Islam, or Pan-Turkism in Turkey. It is a political symbol used by the Grey Wolves (Ülkü Ocakları) and the Nationalist Movement Party. [1] According to Alparslan Türkeş's first interpretation, it symbolizes Turkishness ...

  4. National symbols of Poland - Wikipedia

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    The official symbols of the Republic of Poland are described in two legal documents: the Constitution of the Republic of Poland of 1997 (Polish: Konstytucja Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej) [5] and the Coat of Arms, Colours and Anthem of the Republic of Poland, and State Seals Act (Polish: Ustawa o godle, barwach i hymnie Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej oraz o pieczęciach państwowych) of 1980 with ...

  5. Crescent and star (symbol) - Wikipedia

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    The crescent and star symbol appears on some coins of the Parthian vassal kingdom of Elymais in the late 1st century AD. The same symbol is present in coins that are possibly associated with Orodes I of Parthia (1st century BC). In the 2nd century AD, some Parthian coins show a simplified "pellet within crescent" symbol. [32]

  6. War against the Islamic State - Wikipedia

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    These efforts are called the war against the Islamic State (ISIS) or the international military intervention against the Islamic State (ISIS). In later years, there were also minor interventions by some states against IS-affiliated groups in Nigeria and Libya. All these efforts significantly degraded the Islamic State's capabilities by around ...

  7. Coat of arms of Poland - Wikipedia

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    The Coat of Arms of Poland (Polish: Godło Polskie) is a white, crowned eagle with a golden beak and talons, on a red background.. In Poland, the coat of arms as a whole is referred to as godło both in official documents and colloquial speech, [1] despite the fact that other coats of arms are usually called a herb (e.g. the Nałęcz herb or the coat of arms of Finland).

  8. National symbols of Turkey - Wikipedia

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    The most important reason the gray wolf is considered sacred and is the national symbol of the Turks is the mythology of descent from a gray wolf. The Bozkurt is also used as the symbol of nationalists in Turkey but it is originally a mythological symbol of entire Turkic national families in the World. It was declared a national symbol by ...

  9. Isis - Wikipedia

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    Isis may only have come to be Horus's mother as the Osiris myth took shape during the Old Kingdom, [34] but through her relationship with him she came to be seen as the epitome of maternal devotion. [36] In the developed form of the myth, Isis gives birth to Horus, after a long pregnancy and a difficult labor, in the papyrus thickets of the ...