Flag of Turkmenistan
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The national flag of Turkmenistan features a white crescent and five stars representing the five regions of the country and the Five Pillars of Islam. Placed upon a green field is a symbolic represent
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The flag on a Turkmenistan postage stamp, 1992.
Ashgabat Flagpole
Emblem of Turkmenistan
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The State Emblem of Turkmenistan was created after Turkmenistan gained independence from the Soviet Union in 1991. Like other post-Soviet republics whose symbols do not predate the October Revolution,
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…including the flag. In early February 1992 an exhibition was held at the hall of the Union of Artists in Ashgabat, which displayed proposed flags and coats of arms from across the country. That same month, members of the 13th meeting of the Supreme Soviet were tasked with choosing a flag from the proposed designs…
Coat of arms of Turkmenistan on a postage stamp of Turkmenistan, 1992.