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title: "Flag of Türkiye: colours and meaning"
description: "What every colour and symbol on the Türkiye flag stands for, its official 2:3 ratio, and the year the current design was adopted."
url: https://atoneplace.net/flag/turkey/
site: "At One Place"
---

# The flag of Türkiye

**The flag of Türkiye: A red field with a white crescent and a white five-pointed star to its right.**

Ratio 2:3 · current design adopted 1936

*[Flag drawn on the page: Türkiye]*

The crescent and star are not, historically, Islamic symbols — the crescent was a device of Byzantium adopted by the Ottomans, and its association with Islam spread outward from the Ottoman flag rather than the other way round. Turkish law specifies the geometry exactly: the crescent's outer circle has a diameter half the flag's height, the star sits a specific distance from it, and the star has one point aligned with the crescent's axis rather than pointing straight up. Most reproductions get the star's rotation wrong. The 1936 flag law replaced a design in use since 1844.

## Flags it gets confused with

| Flag | How to tell them apart |
| --- | --- |
| Tunisia | Tunisia places its crescent and star inside a white disc at the centre of the red field. |

## What the colours mean

*Flag laws usually specify a Pantone chip, a CMYK mix or just a colour name. Converting any of those to sRGB is lossy, which is why published hex values disagree.*

- **Red** (#E30A17) — The field; traditionally the blood of the fallen
- **White** (#FFFFFF) — The crescent and star

## The symbols on it

| What | What it stands for |
| --- | --- |
| Crescent and star | An Ottoman emblem, in use long before it became associated with Islam generally |

- **Ratio:** 2:3
- **Current design adopted:** 1936
- **Colours:** red, white

## Common questions

### What does the flag of Türkiye look like?

A red field with a white crescent and a white five-pointed star to its right.

### What do the colours of the Türkiye flag mean?

Red: the field; traditionally the blood of the fallen. White: the crescent and star.

### How do you tell the Türkiye flag from the Tunisia one?

Tunisia places its crescent and star inside a white disc at the centre of the red field.

### When was the Türkiye flag adopted?

The current design dates from 1936, and its official ratio is 2:3.

## Related pages

- [Türkiye](https://atoneplace.net/country/turkey/)
- [The flag of Tunisia](https://atoneplace.net/flag/tunisia/)
- [Every flag with red in it](https://atoneplace.net/flag/colour/red/)
- [The flag of United States](https://atoneplace.net/flag/united-states/)
- [The flag of United Kingdom](https://atoneplace.net/flag/united-kingdom/)
- [The flag of Canada](https://atoneplace.net/flag/canada/)
- [The flag of France](https://atoneplace.net/flag/france/)
- [The flag of China](https://atoneplace.net/flag/china/)
- [The flag of Germany](https://atoneplace.net/flag/germany/)
- [The flag of Russia](https://atoneplace.net/flag/russia/)
- [The flag of Italy](https://atoneplace.net/flag/italy/)

## Sources

- Official vendor product documentation — At One Place (/about/)