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# File:Flag of Turkey.svg

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## Summary[ edit ]

DescriptionFlag of Turkey.svg

Türkçe: Türk bayrağı
العربية: علم تركيا
Azərbaycanca: Türk bayrağı
Български: Национално знаме на Турция
Bosanski: Zastava Turske
Čeština: Turecká Vlajka
Deutsch: Türkische Flagge
Zazaki: Desmala Tırkiya
Ελληνικά: Σημαία της Τουρκίας
English: Flag of Turkey
Esperanto: Flago de Turkio
Español: Bandera de Turquía
فارسی: پرچم ترکیه
Suomi: Turkin lippu
Français : Drapeau de la Turquie
Hrvatski: Zastava Republike Turske
Ἀρχαία ἑλληνικὴ: Τὸ τῆς Τουρκίας σημεῖον
Հայերեն: Թուրքիայի դրոշը
Italiano: Bandiera della Turchia
日本語: トルコの国旗
ქართული: თურქეთის დროშა
Қазақша: Türikiya bayrağı
ភាសាខ្មែរ: ទង់ជាតិទួរគី
Kurdî: Ala Tirkiyeyê
Latina: Vexillum Turciae
Македонски: Знаме на Турција
Nederlands: Vlag van Turkije
Ποντιακά: Τουρκικόν η σημαία
Português: Bandeira da Turquia
Română: Drapelul Turciei
Русский: Флаг Турции
Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски: Zastava Turske
Slovenščina: Državna zastava Turčije
Shqip: Flamuri i Turqisë
Српски / srpski: Zastava Turske
Українська: Прапор Туреччини
Volapük: Stän Türkäna
中文: 土耳其国旗

Date |
Source | Turkish Flag Law (Türk Bayrağı Kanunu), Law nr. 2893 of 22 September 1983. Text (in Turkish) at the website of the Turkish Historical Society (Türk Tarih Kurumu)
Author | David Benbennick (original author)
Permission (Reusing this file) | See bellow

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- Proposed flag of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (1983).png

## Licensing[ edit ]

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| I, the copyright holder of this work, release this work into the public domain. This applies worldwide. In some countries this may not be legally possible; if so: I grant anyone the right to use this work for any purpose, without any conditions, unless such conditions are required by law. Public domainPublic domainfalsefalse

| This image shows a flag, a coat of arms, a seal or some other official insignia. The use of such symbols is restricted in many countries. These restrictions are independent of the copyright status.

iThe source code of this SVG is valid.

This image was selected as picture of the day on Wikimedia Commons for 18 December 2006. It was captioned as follows:

English: Flag of Turkey.
Other languages:
العربية: علم تركيا.
Čeština: Turecká vlajka
Cymraeg: Baner Twrci.
Dansk: Tyrkiets flag.
Deutsch: Flagge der Türkei
English: Flag of Turkey.
Esperanto: Flago de Turkio
Español: La bandera de Turquía.
Français : Drapeau de la Turquie.
Galego: Bandeira de Turquía
Hrvatski: Zastava Turske.
Magyar: Törökország zászlaja
Italiano: Bandiera della Turchia.
日本語: トルコの国旗
한국어: 터키의 국기
Nederlands: De Turkse vlag.
Polski: Flaga Turcji.
Português: A bandeira da Turquia.
Română: Steagul republicii Turcia.
Русский: Флаг Турции
Slovenčina: Turecká vlajka
Svenska: Den turkiska flaggan.
Türkçe: Türkiye Bayrağı.
中文（简体）‎: 土耳其国旗

## File history

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| Date/Time | Thumbnail | Dimensions | User | Comment
current | 18:14, 19 May 2012 |  | 1,200 × 800 (397 B) | Zscout370 (talk | contribs) | Reverted to version as of 17:40, 7 May 2012 see http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_Turkey_%28alternate%29.svg
| 14:30, 19 May 2012 |  | 1,240 × 800 (623 B) | Achim1999 (talk | contribs) | crescent and star shifted 2.083% to the left! And added the small while hem at left (see URL http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_Turkey#Construction for this "common rendering mistake")
| 17:40, 7 May 2012 |  | 1,200 × 800 (397 B) | Nevit (talk | contribs) | Reverted to version as of 05:16, 6 May 2012 Latest nice version
| 18:27, 6 May 2012 |  | 1,200 × 800 (502 B) | Daniel Callegaro (talk | contribs) | Reverted to version as of 14:51, 4 May 2012
| 05:16, 6 May 2012 |  | 1,200 × 800 (397 B) | AnonMoos (talk | contribs) | some kind of strange version corruption, re-uploading from my hard drive...
| 05:13, 6 May 2012 |  | 60 × 60 (9 KB) | AnonMoos (talk | contribs) | Reverted to version as of 09:47, 6 April 2011
| 14:51, 4 May 2012 |  | 1,200 × 800 (502 B) | ElMa-sa (talk | contribs) | Reverted to version as of 06:44, 2 April 2011
| 10:02, 4 May 2012 |  | 1,026 × 684 (969 B) | Newncarts (talk | contribs) | tukey
| 09:24, 4 May 2012 |  | 1,200 × 800 (397 B) | Newncarts (talk | contribs) | scream tukey
| 09:23, 4 May 2012 |  | 60 × 60 (9 KB) | Newncarts (talk | contribs) | scream tukey
| 09:47, 6 April 2011 |  | 60 × 60 (9 KB) | AnonMoos (talk | contribs) | removing unneeded
| 06:44, 2 April 2011 |  | 1,200 × 800 (502 B) | Ahmadi (talk | contribs) | Simplified SVG-code, using only polygon, rect, circle
| 15:51, 28 February 2011 |  | 1,200 × 800 (370 B) | AnonMoos (talk | contribs) | symmetrizing crescent shape,simplifying SVG code
| 15:51, 28 February 2011 |  | 1,200 × 800 (370 B) | AnonMoos (talk | contribs) | symmetrizing crescent shape,simplifying SVG code
| 11:43, 25 September 2010 |  | 1,200 × 800 (1 KB) | The Emirr (talk | contribs) | The white border gets used on just flagstaff. And the crescent and the star have been one piece.
| 20:50, 25 August 2010 |  | 1,200 × 800 (764 B) | Lambiam (talk | contribs) | # Restored the white band at the left side (prescribed by the law). # Moved crescent over to the right by the width M (see the law) of that white band. # Moved star over slightly less so that the left point of the star has distance E (see the law) from th
| 18:48, 2 March 2010 |  | 1,200 × 800 (720 B) | Permjak (talk | contribs) | SVG code
| 23:34, 2 November 2009 |  | 1,026 × 684 (2 KB) | Nevit (talk | contribs) | Simplified paths
| 10:39, 6 November 2008 |  | 1,026 × 684 (959 B) | Turkish Flame (talk | contribs) | Reverted to version as of 19:13, 24 March 2006. See talk page.
| 20:38, 2 November 2008 |  | 1,026 × 684 (959 B) | Vzb83 (talk | contribs) | Reverted; please provide a better source than FOTW if you wish to change the colour or discuss at the talk page
| 09:51, 2 November 2008 |  | 1,026 × 684 (959 B) | Turkish Flame (talk | contribs) | Reverted to version as of 19:13, 24 March 2006 - Flag of Turkey isn't Maroon
| 22:15, 1 November 2008 |  | 1,026 × 684 (959 B) | Vzb83 (talk | contribs) | 186 C for red (from http://www.flags.de/fotw/flags/tr.html)
| 19:13, 24 March 2006 |  | 1,026 × 684 (959 B) | Dbenbenn (talk | contribs) | Star is now exact. Based on an idea of User:Pumbaa80.
| 18:06, 4 February 2006 |  | 1,281 × 854 (939 B) | Dbenbenn (talk | contribs) | version without white heading, according to talk page. By me, PD
| 03:23, 28 January 2006 |  | 3,680 × 2,400 (2 KB) | Dbenbenn (talk | contribs) | Reverted to earlier revision
| 22:30, 27 January 2006 |  | 3,600 × 2,400 (3 KB) | Denelson83 (talk | contribs) | What's with the white strip at the left of the flag? Removed
| 23:59, 28 November 2005 |  | 3,680 × 2,400 (2 KB) | Dbenbenn (talk | contribs) | more accurate version: crescent is now exact, and star is accurate to 42 decimals
| 17:57, 1 October 2005 |  | 3,680 × 2,400 (2 KB) | Dbenbenn (talk | contribs) | by me, PD, based on http://www.fotw.net/flags/tr.html

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