Flag of Turkey

Flag of Turkey
The national flag of Turkey · 2:3

A red field with a white crescent moon and a white five-pointed star, set slightly towards the hoist.

What Does the Flag of Turkey Mean?

The design is based on the flag of the late Ottoman Empire. The red is often linked to the blood of soldiers and the crescent and star to Islamic and older Turkic symbolism.

Main colours: redwhite

Flags That Look Like Turkey’s

  • Flag of Tunisia

    Tunisia. Tunisia places the crescent and star inside a white disc in the centre.

Key Facts About Turkey

Official nameRepublic of Türkiye
CapitalAnkara
ContinentAsia (Western Asia)
Land area783,562 km² — #36 of 195
LanguagesTurkish
CurrencyTurkish lira
Flag coloursred, white
Flag proportions2:3 (height:width)
Flag adoptedMay 29, 1936 (Turkish Flag Law)
ISO 3166-1 codesTR / TUR / 792

Which Countries Border Turkey?

Turkey shares a land border with 8 countries:

  • Flag of Armenia Armenia — capital Yerevan
  • Flag of Azerbaijan Azerbaijan — capital Baku
  • Flag of Bulgaria Bulgaria — capital Sofia
  • Flag of Georgia Georgia — capital Tbilisi
  • Flag of Greece Greece — capital Athens
  • Flag of Iran Iran — capital Tehran
  • Flag of Iraq Iraq — capital Baghdad
  • Flag of Syria Syria — capital Damascus

Play With the Flag of Turkey

Other Countries in Asia

  • Flag of AfghanistanAfghanistanKabul
  • Flag of ArmeniaArmeniaYerevan
  • Flag of AzerbaijanAzerbaijanBaku
  • Flag of BahrainBahrainManama
  • Flag of BangladeshBangladeshDhaka
  • Flag of BhutanBhutanThimphu
  • Flag of BruneiBruneiBandar Seri Begawan
  • Flag of CambodiaCambodiaPhnom Penh
  • Flag of ChinaChinaBeijing
  • Flag of GeorgiaGeorgiaTbilisi
  • Flag of IndiaIndiaNew Delhi
  • Flag of IndonesiaIndonesiaJakarta
  • Flag of IranIranTehran
  • Flag of IraqIraqBaghdad
  • Flag of IsraelIsraelJerusalem
  • Flag of JapanJapanTokyo
  • Flag of JordanJordanAmman
  • Flag of KazakhstanKazakhstanAstana
  • Flag of KuwaitKuwaitKuwait City
  • Flag of KyrgyzstanKyrgyzstanBishkek
  • Flag of LaosLaosVientiane
  • Flag of LebanonLebanonBeirut
  • Flag of MalaysiaMalaysiaKuala Lumpur
  • Flag of MaldivesMaldivesMalé
  • Flag of MongoliaMongoliaUlan Bator
  • Flag of MyanmarMyanmarNaypyidaw
  • Flag of NepalNepalKathmandu
  • Flag of North KoreaNorth KoreaPyongyang
  • Flag of OmanOmanMuscat
  • Flag of PakistanPakistanIslamabad
  • Flag of PalestinePalestineRamallah
  • Flag of PhilippinesPhilippinesManila
  • Flag of QatarQatarDoha
  • Flag of Saudi ArabiaSaudi ArabiaRiyadh
  • Flag of SingaporeSingaporeSingapore
  • Flag of South KoreaSouth KoreaSeoul
  • Flag of Sri LankaSri LankaColombo
  • Flag of SyriaSyriaDamascus
  • Flag of TajikistanTajikistanDushanbe
  • Flag of ThailandThailandBangkok
  • Flag of Timor-LesteTimor-LesteDili
  • Flag of TurkmenistanTurkmenistanAshgabat
  • Flag of United Arab EmiratesUnited Arab EmiratesAbu Dhabi
  • Flag of UzbekistanUzbekistanTashkent
  • Flag of VietnamVietnamHanoi
  • Flag of YemenYemenSana'a

Flag of Turkey: FAQ

What does the flag of Turkey look like?

A red field with a white crescent moon and a white five-pointed star, set slightly towards the hoist.

What colours are on the flag of Turkey?

The main colours are red, white.

When was the flag of Turkey adopted?

The current flag was adopted on May 29, 1936 (Turkish Flag Law).

What is the capital of Turkey?

The capital of Turkey is Ankara.

Which flags look like the flag of Turkey?

Tunisia places the crescent and star inside a white disc in the centre.

Data Sources

Country names, capitals, area, languages, currencies and borders: the world-countries dataset (ODbL), based on ISO 3166-1 and ISO 4217. Flag image: public domain, via flagcdn.com. Flag colours and proportions are measured from the image.