Turkey: President of the Republic

Last modified: 2003-12-05 by ivan sache
Keywords: president | crescent (white) | star (white) | stars: 16 (yellow) | stars: 16 points (yellow) | rosette (yellow) |
Links: FOTW homepage | search | disclaimer and copyright | write us | mirrors

by Zeljko Heimer

• Description of the flag
• Meaning of the flag
• Construction sheet for the flag
• Former versions of the flag

See also:

• Turkey

Description of the flag

The flag is made of a square red field with a white crescent, a white five-pointed star and a yellow 16-pointed star (with eight big and eight little points), surrounded by 16 little yellow five-pointed stars, each of them with a point towards the centre of the 16-pointed star.

Pascal Vagnat, 28 March 1999

Meaning of the flag

The big star represents the Republic of Turkey. The sixteen stars around the big star represent the sixteen "Great Turkish Empires".

The Turkish name of the flag is Cumhurbaskanlik Forsu or just Fors.

Source: Website of the Turkish Presidency (in Turkish).

Enver Polat, 21 April 2001

Construction sheet for the flag

Image from the Turkish Presidency