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The Presidential Seal of Turkey is a symbol used to represent the president of Turkey. It has a large 16-pointed Sun in the center which symbolizes the Republic of Turkey. The sun is surrounded by 16 five-pointed
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The 16 stars are aligned with a 22.5 degree angle, equidistantly surrounding the sun. One edge of each star points to the center of the sun. The unit of measurement of the seal is the diameter of the circle around the edges of any one of the 16 stars (A). The lengths of the rays of the sun, the distance between the rays and the edges of the stars and the diameter of the outmost circle are determined as multiples of the unit A.
File:Defense.gov News Photo 981106-D-9880W-065.jpg, The Presidential Seal behind Demirel (1998)
File:Burhanettin Yeşilyurt.jpg, The Presidential Seal behind President Gül (2013)
File:Recep Tayyip Erdoğan at Izmir, November 2021 (1).jpg, The Presidential Seal attached to a lectern in front of President Erdoğan (2021)
stars
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, symbolizing the 16 Great Turkic Empires in history.Official website of the Presidency of the Republic of Turkey: Detailed description of the Presidential Seal/ref>
History
The roots of the Presidential Seal and Presidential Flag of Turkey go back to September 1922, when a similar flag was used on theautomobile
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The year 1886 is regarde ...
that took Mustafa Kemal Atatürk to İzmir
İzmir ( , ; ), also spelled Izmir, is a metropolitan city in the western extremity of Anatolia, capital of the province of the same name. It is the third most populous city in Turkey, after Istanbul and Ankara and the second largest urban aggl ...
during the final days of the Turkish War of Independence
The Turkish War of Independence "War of Liberation", also known figuratively as ''İstiklâl Harbi'' "Independence War" or ''Millî Mücadele'' "National Struggle" (19 May 1919 – 24 July 1923) was a series of military campaigns waged by th ...
. This flag is currently on display at the Anıtkabir Museum in Ankara
Ankara ( , ; ), historically known as Ancyra and Angora, is the capital of Turkey. Located in the central part of Anatolia, the city has a population of 5.1 million in its urban center and over 5.7 million in Ankara Province, maki ...
. The Presidential Flag's characteristics and proportions were legalized with the ''Sancak Talimatnamesi'' law on October 22, 1925. According to this law, the Presidential Seal's dimensions were defined as "70cm x 70cm", while the Sun in the center (which looked similar to the current one) was a 20-pointed star containing 10 sharp-edged and 10 oval-edged light rays. The "70cm x 70cm" dimensions of the Presidential Seal were maintained in the Turkish Flag Law of May 29, 1936; but were later reduced to "30cm x 30cm" with a new legal amendment that was made on September 14, 1937. The number of the light rays in the Sun of the Presidential Seal were reduced to 16 (8 long and 8 short light rays, all of them sharp-edged) in order to symbolize the 16 Turkic states in history, with another legal amendment on February 18, 1978. The seal and flag took their current shape and proportions with the final legal amendment on January 25, 1985.
The '' 16 Great Turkic Empires'' are a Pan-Turkist concept introduced in 1969 by Akib Özbek. Its association with the seal was introduced in 1985, under president Kenan Evren.Official website of the presidency/ref> Prior to this assertion, the 16 stars had been taken as representing sixteen medieval beyliks which succeeded the
Seljuk Empire
The Great Seljuk Empire, or the Seljuk Empire was a high medieval, culturally Turko-Persian, Sunni Muslim empire, founded and ruled by the Qïnïq branch of Oghuz Turks. It spanned a total area of from Anatolia and the Levant in the west to ...
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Measurements
The 16 stars are aligned with a 22.5 degree angle, equidistantly surrounding the sun. One edge of each star points to the center of the sun. The unit of measurement of the seal is the diameter of the circle around the edges of any one of the 16 stars (A). The lengths of the rays of the sun, the distance between the rays and the edges of the stars and the diameter of the outmost circle are determined as multiples of the unit A.
Colors
The exact black, gold, and red colors to be used in the emblem are specified with reference to the regulations.Gallery
See also
* Emblems of Turkey * Flag of Turkey * Presidential Complex, the official residence of the president of TurkeyReferences
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National symbols of Turkey