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The decision to adopt a national flag was part of the Tanzimat reforms which aimed to modernize the Ottoman state in line with the laws and norms of contemporary European states and institutions. The star and crescent design later became a common element in the national flags of Ottoman successor states in the 20th century.
The white star and crescent moon on red as the flag of the Ottoman Empire was introduced 1844. [2] After the declaration of the Republic of Turkey in 1923, the new administrative regime maintained the last flag of the Ottoman Empire. Proportional standardizations were introduced in the Turkish Flag Law of 1936. [3] 1923–present
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The national flag of Turkey, officially the Turkish flag [2] (Turkish: Türk bayrağı), is a red flag featuring a white crescent and star on its emblem, It’s based on the 18th-century Ottoman Empire flag. [3] The flag is often called "the red flag" (al bayrak), and is referred to as "the red banner" (al sancak) in the Turkish national anthem ...
The crescent and star are from the 19th-century Ottoman flag (1844–1923) which also forms the basis of the present-day Turkish flag. Following the abolition of the Sultanate on 1 November 1922, the Ottoman coat of arms was no longer used and the crescent and star became Turkey's de facto national emblem. In the national identity cards of the ...
The factual accuracy of this flag is disputed. The sources are likely unreliable, the first is a blog containing several Turkic flags, several of them fictitious and unsourced. The second is an image on Flickr claiming to be the flag of the Ottoman Empire in 1517, lacking any source.
Other versions: Derivated from User:Kerem Özcan's Ottoman Flag.svg and Ottoman flag alternative 2.svg.The star shape was slightly updated by DsMurat and the color of the flag was readjusted by Niusereset in the newer versions, as seen in the file history.