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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 Turkish flag is the national and official flag of the Republic of Turkey. [1] Consists of white crescent and star on a red background. The crescent and star flag was first adopted in 1844 during the Tanzimat period in the reign of Sultan Abdul Majid , and it was enacted as the national flag of the Republic of Turkey with the Turkish Flag ...
Turkish nationalism (Turkish: Türk milliyetçiliği) is nationalism among the people of Turkey and individuals whose national identity is Turkish. Turkish nationalism consists of political and social movements and sentiments prompted by a love for Turkish culture , Turkish language and history , and a sense of pride in Turkey and Turkish people.
On 9 November 2010, Hasan Şimşek, a Grey Wolves member and a student, was killed at the Kütahya Dumlupınar University during an apparent fight between Kurdish nationalist and Turkish nationalist student groups. At his funeral, MHP leader Bahçeli stated that "We expect every kind of measure to be taken to prevent the expansion of the PKK ...
The Six Arrows (Turkish: Altı Ok) is the symbol and flag of the Turkish Republican People's Party (CHP). The arrows represent the fundamental pillars of Kemalism, Turkey's founding ideology. [1] These are Republicanism, Folkism, Nationalism, Laicism, Statism, and Reformism. [2]
The wolf salute, as used by the Turkish ultranationalist organization Grey Wolves. 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]
Flag Date Use Description 1936–present: Flag of Turkey [1]: 18th-century design officially adopted in 1844. The star and crescent design appears on Ottoman flags beginning in the late 18th or early 19th century.
Nationalism (Turkish: milliyetçilik): The Kemalist revolution aimed to create a nation state from the remnants of the multi-religious and multi-ethnic Ottoman Empire. Atatürk's nationalism originates from the social contract theories, especially from the civic nationalist principles advocated by Jean-Jacques Rousseau and his Social Contract.