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by J. Patrick Fischer
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Yahoo news showed a photograph of Turkish and Turkoman nationalists on 20 October 2002
waving both Turkish and Turkoman flags. The Turkoman flag is similar to the flag [formerly] shown as the Turkoman
flag on Flags of the World [actually the flag of the Iraqi National Turkoman Party]. However,
the Muslim star and crescent are near the hoist instead of centered.
Daniel Turk, 22 October 2002
German TV ZDF showed yesterday [18 February 2003] an interview with Mr. Sayah Koregi of
the "Irakisch-Turkmenischen Front" (German) and Mrs. Taifa Kasapoglu
of the Turkoman cultural center in Irbil. The report was about the risk of a Turkish invasion into northern
Iraq after an American invasion. Turkey would maybe try to build up a
autonomous area for Turkomans, with Kirkuk, which is also claimed by the Kurds, as its capital.
In the background of Mr. Koregi and Mrs. Kasapoglu was a flag different from that [previously] shown
on Flags of the World for the Iraqi Turkomans [actually the flag of the Iraqi National
Turkoman Party]. It was a little bit darker, the white crescent was thinner and nearly
creating a circle, which was completed by six little white stars between the ends of the crescent.
No white stripes on this flag.
J. Patrick Fischer, 19 February 2003
The flag can be seen at the site of the
Iraqi Turkmen Front. Here you can see the crescent with the stars (six) and find
some information about the front.
J. Patrick Fischer, 19 February 2003
The flag you saw on TV I believe is the Turkoman National Congress flag, established as the
Turkoman national flag by the congress and recognized now by several Turkoman groups.
The flag is like the one you described but with six stars instead four stars. Lacking specifications,
the flags must exist with small variations in size and position of the crescent and stars.
Jaume Ollé, 19 February 2003
Courrier International #536 (8 February 2001) gives the translation of a paper originally published in Al-Hayat (a Saudi newspaper published in London), which sheds some light on this minority.
The semi-nomadic Turkoman people, ca. 6 millions of people of Turkic language, live in Turkmenistan, the north of Afghanistan, the north-east of Iran, the north of Iraq, Turkey, Russia and China (Xinjiang).
In Iraq, the ca. 300,000 Turkomans live in the neighborhood