What Happened to the Old Turkish Flag?

[@hayricalguner4159]

Actually, the green flag didn't really represent the caliphate or the religious nature of the Ottoman governing system, but it was simply the flag of the Rumeli Eyalet(Beylerbeylik) which consisted of the Balkan provinces. The red flag was used to represent the Anatolian provinces and because the Ottomans lost pretty much all of their territories in Balkans and the new republic based itself in Anatolia, founders of the republic naturally used the red flag as the national flag of the country.

[@Edem-Armenia]

--->>>Yajuj Mayuj-->>>>>> wake up Muslims it's time to wake up and know that the enemy has hidden in your ranks under the name of Islam has hidden the servants of the devil who have spread death since their entry into the Region It is about the 2 wild tribes of Yajuj Majuj. Prophet Muhammed said woe to you Arabs in the seventh century beforehand because soon 2 tribes of Yajuj Majuj will rise and he said that they will be among his followers and will dominate the Arabs and that Prophecy was fulfilled in 1100-1299 Tatar (Turkic Tribes) Mongol Campaigns. and That Prophecy Was Fulfilled for more than 600 years, the Arabs fell to the Ottoman-Tatars (from the Djuchid tribe, Oghuz Tatars = Turks) And in the Last Days They Will Rise Again And Pass The Inaccessible Copper Barrier It's The Copper Mountains Of Zangezur And They Already Attacked The Followers Of Christ On 9.11.2020 And Won are them and surrounded them in Lerner in Mountainous Karabakh. And now, as it is said in the Islamic prophecy, Yajuj Majuj will be seen in the Copper Mountains, He will be standing NEAR THE BLACK LAKE, and that prophecy also came true in 2021. The Azeri-Turkish (Tatar = Yajuj Majuj) Army occupied that Black Lake. Soon the forces of Satan attacked the followers of Christ, surrounded them and there was a Famine, and as the prophecy says, When 1 Cow's Head will be valued at 300 dinars, when they will all leave them and all will go in a different direction, they will attack Christian Armenia, the inaccessible Copper Mountains, the Zangezur of Armenia .and they will manage to CAPTURE the BELL and OPEN the copper GATE in a Very Short Time. and will raise an empire Turan and in the Koran it is said that it is the Empire of the End which is called DAB = Turan and the Son of Satan al masikh at Dajjal will appear to humanity. It will be the new Ottoman Sultan Or so called Caliph. The Bible also warns about it. And God will punish Gog Magog = Gog Magog = Turk and his successor

[@keroo7]

Ilk defa duydum

[@yusufardagures5490]

Kırmızı bayrağın Anadoluyu temsil ettiğini ilk defa duydum. Umarım doğrudur.

[@Gunzo780]

@@yusufardagures5490 Nasil ilk defa duyuyorsun birader ya, yesil olan balkanlari kirmizi ise anadoluyu temsil eder.

[@yusufardagures5490]

@@Gunzo780 Valla yüzlerce saat tarih öğrenmiş araştırmış birisi olarak bu bilgiyi duymamıştım, duyduysam da unutmuşum.

[@cagdas135]

The idea that Turks borrowed star and cresent from Byzantinese in 1453 is a ridiculously Eurocentric idea. We have Göktürk coins from 6th-7th century with star and crescent on them. These are the oldest material I know but it probably goes even further back.

[@KenanTurkiye]

Go even beyond that Cagdas. Runic stone inscriptions have been found in various regions of anatolia, latest in Manisa which date back to 1st century with Turkish inscriptions. Yet if you listen to the west they claim we only existed in the region a thousand years ago. In fact some 5000+ stone inscriptions throught europe that date 10,000 years old have been found that can only be decipehered with ancient Turkish inscriptions. The aboriginals of eurasia is the Turks and their ancestary.

[@KenanTurkiye]

Heres something you may find interesting. :) The name of my country has nothing to do with the interesting and delicious bird ''turkey''. Name of my country has always been Turkiye, that is Turk-iye, where the -iye suffix means ''land of/belonging to''... ...just like the Latin suffix -ia in such countries as Latv-ia, Roman-ia, Eston-ia, Austr-ia, Austral-ia etc etc. Another example; decades ago Czechoslovakia Republic changed it's name to Czech Republic and a few years ago changed that to Czechia (that is Czech-ia). Anyways, most likely the Latin -ia suffix was derived from the Turkish version -iye, as Turkish is much much older. Because in old times people of different languages could only pronounce it as their languages allowed them, we got various differences in spelling like Turchia (in Italian), Turquie (in French) and Turkey (in English) all trying to resemble the pronounciation of ''Turk-ia'' thus Turkiye. Mind you this was way BEFORE the animal we currently know as 'turkey'' was found by the europeans when they explored the north americas.... ...they came across the bird and thought it was a specie of the fowl/chicken they had been buying from the country of Turkiye at the time, so they named the bird ''Turkey Fowl'' meaning ''Turkish Chicken''..... ....just like how a dog breed is known as German Shepherd (because it's from Germany), Rhodesian Ridgeback (because it's from Rhodesia), American Bulldog, British Terrier, Greek Harehound etc etc. In time you don't get to call the Greek Harehound as simply as ''Greek''; or you don't call the British Terrier as ''British''; or the German Shepherd as ''German'', but in time the Turkish Fowl started to be called just ''turkey'', and has been going on for hundreds of years. Now in 2023, this is causing confusion, especially when we have people across the world unable to point to their OWN country on the atlas, this ''confusion over the naming'' needed to be corrected. So my country decided to rectify this confusion that has been going on for so long and corrected the name in other languages to Türkiye, which it always was, we basically didn't change the name of our country, we changed the mistake made in the English language. : ) So, there's some tid bit information for you to have a great day, if you read upto this point you have a great night too, ohh just have a wonderfull life. : ) Best wishes. ;)

[@Kosovar_Chicken]

It is Eurocentric. Thank you for admitting Turks are not Europeans. No go back to Central Asia please... bring the Serbians with you too plz

[@onurcan8434]

Western historians do not allow the Chinese to take their dates from 1600 BC to 2100 BC because there is no evidence. but even though there are 7 thousand Turk inscriptions written in 10 - 15 thousand years old root Turkish and read by Turcologists all over Europe, they cannot digest this either. 3400 of these inscriptions are known as the Futhark inscription. the remaining 3600 inscriptions consist of Etruscan and Scandinavian inscriptions. The alleged establishment of the Greek state is 1000 BC. Did you know that the Limnos disc, written in Tatar Turkish, found in Crete, has reached 700 years behind this date and has not been read for 3700 years by those who claim to be theirs? How many people know that the Turk race, which takes its name from the Turk from which it is descended, now has a genetically proven history of 40 thousand years? Does anyone know that we do not have an African gene in our DNA and that we are an Asian race? Does anyone know that the African theory is nothing but a lie? Is there anyone among you who knows the Y DNA, main stem genes, haplogroup genes, genetic and biological skin color and skull structure of the Turk race??? Well, do you know the characteristics of Africans? The alleged bond can only be provided through MT DNA, that is, the X chromosome. Did you know that bonds cannot be established between Y DNAs? You are submitting data for genetic research. Is it written in the results that you carry the Y DNA of which race? Did you know that in order to become a race, your ancestor must be the first and only owner of Y DNA, which does not receive any genes from anyone? Do you think there could be 300 - 500 different races in the world right now descended from the first and only owner of Y DNA? Did you know that what you know as a race are actually tribes, communities belonging to a race? The problem is that you don't know anything you need to know..!

[@kaanerdem2822]

The tulunids i believe in Egypt rebelled and founded their own state, thry called it "Turqiya". Byzantines called Turchia where now hungary, a big part of romania and Bulgaria is. They even send a crown to the hungarian/bulgarian king with description on "king of Turks".

[@lukaswilhelm9290]

Ottoman symbolism also popular in South East Asia as Ottomans used to send help to local sultanates to resist Dutch and English colonizers. The Crescent and Moon which was a pre islamic symbols become associated with Caliphate and Islam itself and since many Sultanates in Indonesia and Malaysia used to acknowladge Ottoman superiority in religious and political matters they adopted it. Examples would be flag of Sultanate of Johor, Aceh, Mataram etc.

[@Kerguelen.Mapping]

ACEH WAS ACTUALLY LIKE OTTOMAN

[@aliklc1970]

Byzantium in fact

[@KenanTurkiye]

Greetings from Turkiye, you may like the things I have, have a look.

[@KenanTurkiye]

Also, heres something you may find interesting. :) The name of my country has nothing to do with the interesting and delicious bird ''turkey''. Name of my country has always been Turkiye, that is Turk-iye, where the -iye suffix means ''land of/belonging to''... ...just like the Latin suffix -ia in such countries as Latv-ia, Roman-ia, Eston-ia, Austr-ia, Austral-ia etc etc. Another example; decades ago Czechoslovakia Republic changed it's name to Czech Republic and a few years ago changed that to Czechia (that is Czech-ia). Anyways, most likely the Latin -ia suffix was derived from the Turkish version -iye, as Turkish is much much older. Because in old times people of different languages could only pronounce it as their languages allowed them, we got various differences in spelling like Turchia (in Italian), Turquie (in French) and Turkey (in English) all trying to resemble the pronounciation of ''Turk-ia'' thus Turkiye. Mind you this was way BEFORE the animal we currently know as 'turkey'' was found by the europeans when they explored the north americas.... ...they came across the bird and thought it was a specie of the fowl/chicken they had been buying from the country of Turkiye at the time, so they named the bird ''Turkey Fowl'' meaning ''Turkish Chicken''..... ....just like how a dog breed is known as German Shepherd (because it's from Germany), Rhodesian Ridgeback (because it's from Rhodesia), American Bulldog, British Terrier, Greek Harehound etc etc. In time you don't get to call the Greek Harehound as simply as ''Greek''; or you don't call the British Terrier as ''British''; or the German Shepherd as ''German'', but in time the Turkish Fowl started to be called just ''turkey'', and has been going on for hundreds of years. Now in 2023, this is causing confusion, especially when we have people across the world unable to point to their OWN country on the atlas, this ''confusion over the naming'' needed to be corrected. So my country decided to rectify this confusion that has been going on for so long and corrected the name in other languages to Türkiye, which it always was, we basically didn't change the name of our country, we changed the mistake made in the English language. : ) So, there's some tid bit information for you to have a great day, if you read upto this point you have a great night too, ohh just have a wonderfull life. : ) Best wishes. ;)

[@onurcan8434]

yanılıyorsun Kenan. iye aitlik eki falan değil. aitlik eki olan ki`dir. Türk kelimesi yakın zamandır tek heceli bir kelime. Sümer tabletlerinde Turuk - Turukku olarak geçiyor. Turuk= Türk. ku=ki. Turukku= Türkki - Türki. anlamı Türk kökenli - Türklerden olan - Türk`ten doğan - Türk`ten çoğalan demek. günümüzde bu Türki olarak geçiyor. aitlik eki dediğin şey aslında yurt - vatan ekidir. Türk(Asya) yurt - vatan ekleri iye - iya, ye - ya, ie - ia, e - a`dır. bu ekler devletin kurucu milletinin kökenini tanımlamak için kullanılır. İstan; Semitik(orta doğu) Farsça yurt - vatan ekidir. Land; Hemitik(Afrika) yurt - vatan ekidir...

[@nenenindonu]

The crescent was a totemic symbol of Tengrism, the ancient religion of Turks. Apparently Turks integrated much of their pre-Islamic elements into Islam, for instance the shamanistic influence is very recognizable in Sufism & Alevism

[@barryirlandi4217]

Really?

[@selimsahkulu78]

It has nothing to do with tengrism typical turkish bullshįt :D crescent is an ancient middle eastern/anatolian symbol

[@sktt1488]

@@barryirlandi4217 yes. Mosques dome also from hagia sophia.

[@sktt1488]

@@barryirlandi4217 some claim it is from byzantine as well. Crescent became muslim beace of Ottoman empire

[@merhaba751]

Bunları ateizm forumlarından mı buluyonuz la. Yok öyle bir şey

[@imreallyexited]

As a Turkish Person I would like to correct some misinformations here in the video; - 0:52 Altough the Tug (Tugh) did used a lot in the Ottomans, banners were much popular in the Seljukids. Ottomans did always have a flag, even their first flag (Wich is in the Harbiye Museum in Istanbul today.) is older than the State's itself. However Ottoman Turk's didn't really use any specific flag by all agreed. Every Pasha, General and the Landowners had their own flag wich is similar to feudality. - 4:24 Its right that the color green represents the Islam and the Religious but, the color red doesnt specify any secularism thought, it was much of a symbol of militarizm and nationalizm. Even today the red color in the Turkish Flag represents the blood of the people who fought for our freedom. (In Turkish War of Independence) - 4:59 In this Coat of Arms of the Ottomans A.K.A Hamidiye Symbol, the flags doesn't represent any of idea much. The green flag (Rumeli Sancağı) did represent the Ottoman lands at Balkans and the red did for Anatolian Lands. In this Coat of Arms the only thing that represents a Religious Idea is the Lunar's (Crescent) itself wich (In Ottoman Turkish) says ''The Mighty Leader of All Muslims''.Also the Signature (Tuğra) of The Abdulhamid The Second has placed on the top because every Ottoman Sultan did have their own coat (Tuğra) while their reign. - 5:30 Crescent was standing for the Allah (God) and the Star was for the Prophet. (Mohammad/Muhammed) - 5:57 The Red Crescent has adopted way earlier than Turko-Russian Wars. Wich firstly used in Tulumbacı Ocağı (1720) and then changed to Offical Symbol of the Fire Fighters (1827) by the Mahmud the Second, later on it has become a medical symbol and adopted by many companies and especially by the Kızılay (The Red Crescent) (1868) wich today is one of the main medical companies in Turkey. - 6:14 Ottomans on their last decade has used many various of flags for many wars, there wasn't a certain standart by the Command, from the Young Turk Revolotion (1908) to the end of Turkish War of Independence (1923) all flags were handmade, and not all of them was even similar. However all flags were red and had crescent in it. I have my own Turkish Flag from (1919) with the lines and crescent but no stars, also has a lots of prays on it, (Arabic) wich is the legacy of my Grandpa wich fought with the Greeks as a Militia (Kuvâ-yi Milliye). + Ottomans were so strong and mighty at one time that The Flag of The Ottomans has became the symbol of the Islam. I watched this video like one hour ago and I see some mistakes in it, Hopefully I didn't offend anyone at any rate. If you want to learn more about Ottoman history and stuff I would recommend you TRT (Türkiye Radyo Televizyon Kurumu) Documentaries wich is the offical documentaries by the Turkish State, this documentaries contains a lots of information and footage about Ottomans/Cumhuriyet Era Turkey. Another option is that going to Museums Websites wich also greatly informs you. + Greeting from ''City of the World's Desire'' (Istanbul), Turkey. (If you want to share/ask anything here's my Discord: imreallyexited)

[@ural-cd7qx]

Nop the crescent is a turkic symbol not a muslim symbol

[@cumhuriyetliciliik]

this comment is full of bullshit don't believe in this Erdogan Propaganda

[@pseidee]

Crescent and moon doesnt symbolize anything about islam. It is a Turkic symbol.

[@dogukan127]

@@pseidee Crescent and moon are not Turkic symbols. They are symbols that were used by many many groups of people throughout history.

[@imreallyexited]

​@@ural-cd7qxNot actually, Crescent in the Ottoman flag has symbolized the Islam Schools. But in fact many of the Islamic schools did use the crescent as symbol because they had connections with the Turks.

[@FilayFilarya]

not only Algeria Libya and Tunisia, but the Malaysian state of Johor and Selangor also have the Turkish flag on their flag

[@hopal6612]

and Azerbaycan

[@onurcan8434]

@@hopal6612 Unfortunately, Azerbaijan lacks its original meaning as it has been under Persian Iranian rule for a long time. if it were not so, their flag would not have green color. The white color represents the Umayyads, the black color the Abbasids, and the green color the Shiites. but they don't know that. The Azerbaijani Turks have not yet completely broken away from Iran...

[@thedstorm8922]

Ah no the crescent was used in north Africa even before the Ottomans it was used by the hamadid and zyyanid dynasty in Algeria and the hafsid dynasty in Tunisia

[@thedstorm8922]

@@onurcan8434 the green color is the rashidun caliphate color

[@onurcan8434]

@@thedstorm8922 The comment goes to the spam box. I'm going to take it apart to find out where the problem is.

[@schmoorfderschmied1763]

Not gonna lie: There are a lot of red flags in this video.

[@1967MLP]

One of the most creative you tube comments of all-time, good job schmoorf

[@schmoorfderschmied1763]

@@1967MLP Thank you, thank you, im here all day.

[@MysteriousBreeze]

Seems like you’ve watched it till the end and enjoyed them all

[@MysteriousBreeze]

@@aligzl neyin sorusu bu ?

[@tengriaslan2423]

A motif similar to the crescent and star used today, representing the conjunction of the day and the moon in the sky, was seen on the chief flag of the Chou (1028-281 BC), known as the proto-Turks, in the 1st millennium BC. Day and night, astral motifs, which are symbols of uninterrupted brilliance, have always been among the symbols of proto-Turks, Turks and related nations since that period, and besides being a sign of astral god, they have also been a sign of heads of state and important persons.

[@СаняХацуне]

The sultan was not deposed as a part of treaty of sevres in 1920. On the contrary, western powers supported hardcore islamic rulers in the ottoman empire(Peter Hart, Galipoli). The sultan was deposed in the war of independence

[@zainmudassir2964]

True. They wanted to use Sultan and Islamists to crush the secular Turkish nationalism movement and that's why he was deposed.

[@MH-jg6vk]

The sultan was already deposed in 1908-1909, that’s what a sultan is, authority. When you’ve eliminated that already in 1908, after the young Turk revolution, then what ever happens next regarding the “sultan” is irrelevant.

[@raptorhacker599]

​@3.kademetekme407he was installed by young Turks.

[@Asterix958]

@@raptorhacker599 Last Sultan Vahdettin was eldest member of the Ottoman, he was heir to the throne. When old Sultan Mehmet Reşat died in 1918, Vahdettin took the throne in accordance with order of succession. Young Turks didn't install Sultan Vahdettin, he rightfully enthroned.

[@ahmedkeremsayar]

last sultan was mentally ill very weak person. he cursed when he ascended throne he was an figurehead with no power. puppet of others @3.kademetekme407

[@SourSoup87]

Well, crescent was used as a symbol of sovereignty ever since the Sumerians. The original ottoman flag starting from Selim I had three crescent moons on a red backdrop, signifying rulership in all three continents, but by the end of 18th century they had lost so much land, they started using the crescent moon and the star flag.

[@tengriaslan2423]

Crescent and star represent old proto-turks from Central Asia, and the red background represents the turkish homeland blood also used by old proto Turks so many times from past history. Turks history not only ottoman empire.

[@tengriaslan2423]

A motif similar to the crescent and star used today, representing the conjunction of the day and the moon in the sky, was seen on the chief flag of the Chou (1028-281 BC), known as the proto-Turks, in the 1st millennium BC. Day and night, astral motifs, which are symbols of uninterrupted brilliance, have always been among the symbols of proto-Turks, Turks and related nations since that period, and besides being a sign of astral god, they have also been a sign of heads of state and important persons.

[@onurcan8434]

The star represents the number of states established by the Turk race in history. so it has a lot of corners. Since the corners of the star were insufficient due to the large number of states we established, a 5-pointed star was preferred. Although its original meaning is different, its meaning in the flag of the Ottoman and Turkish Republic state is the same.

[@cengizhhhhhhhhhhkeskin6084]

Sümerler Yahudilerin atalarıdır. Türklerle hiç bir alakası yoktur. Türkler bu günkü Mançurya Moğolistan ve Güney Sibirya coğrafyasında ortaya çıktı yönetim sistemi olarak. Sümer ne alaka? Cevap yazmayın bildirimler kapalı.

[@bigdaddyeddy1252]

@@tengriaslan2423cool story Bro. But Sumerians, Kurds and Greeks used the crescent and star 6000 years before a Turk appeared in the Middle East.

[@mr.tobacco1708]

In Turkish flag red doesn't represent secularism, it represents the blood that spilled for the nation as white represents the freedom. Meanwhile one of the story about the crescent and star is that Osman I, who founded the Ottoman Dynasty saw a dream in his sleep; He saw a gigantic tree spreading it's roots around the world meanwhile a Crescent Moon and Start up in the dark sky, lighting the tree.

[@mr.tobacco1708]

Also the flag is VERY VERY important for the Turkish people as the National Anthem and Poem of the Anthem mentions it many times: "Fear not! The red banner that ripples in this dawn, shall fade not, Before the last hearth that is ablaze within my homeland is extinguished. It is the star of my people, which shall shine; It is mine; only it belongs to my people. Frown not, I beseech you, oh you coy crescent! Smile upon my heroic nation once! What is this violence, what for is this rage? Or our blood which we shed for you shall not be worthy afterwards… Freedom is the right of my God-worshipping nation." You can find the full poem here written by Mehmet Akif Ersoy: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/İstiklal_Marşı

[@tahiyattasdic]

I also heard an alternate story of a crescent moon rising being reflected on the pool of blood of the then Turkish soldiers after the Kosovo war.

[@subutaynoyan5372]

That's just an urban legend, mate.

[@Asterix958]

Crescent moon represent Edebali's daughter. In general, moon represent woman in a lot religions and cultures. Red in Turkish flag representing blood of soldiers can be urban legend repeated 1000s of times in public schools because I didn't coincide that knowledge in any historical documents.

[@rhaella90]

@@Asterix958 nope those are all made up. the moon symbolizes the wolf haunting tactic and the star is venus.

[@allienmecaca]

6:20 quick fact: in that era, all state documents had reversed crescent and star on them to indicate that they are state documents. this continued on the new republic for couple of decades. you can see the same reversed icons on the Turkish passports from 1930's. later on, someone from the government thought that reverse icons on the documents was a miss-printing, so they changed it to match the flag... and a state tradition vanished :D

[@carolea7158]

oh cool!

[@imreallyexited]

In fact, it was not a mistake. They just didn't want any Ottoman traditions in the early era of the Turkish State, offcourse there is a lot of reasons complaining that in the moment.

[@allienmecaca]

​@@imreallyexited I've just checked it again and found that the reverse icons continued until the early 80's actually. That's more than half of the new republic's life. You can even see the icons in the money they printed or ID cards from that time. The right-looking crescent means the last phase of the moon, left looking reverse one means new moon. They kept the tradition because the new moon became meaningful with the new republic: fresh start, new beginnings etc. People who changed it back in the 80's didn't get the meaning of new moon. So, it was a mistake.

[@bobmcbob9856]

Totally tangential side note: through Turkish influence, especially on the vernacular of travelling bards who composed Serbian epic poetry, the word Baryak (which is just Bayrak after going through metathesis, ie the switching of places between 2 adjacent sounds in a word) has come to be an old fashioned/poetic way of saying flag, analogous to Banner in English or Znamia in Russian and Ukrainian (the Serbian cognate to Znamia, Znamen, means symbol, regalia, or omen rather than specifically flag which is why we don’t use it as a fancy word for flag but instead the Turkish-derived Barjak though znamenje can be used for flags too as they are of course symbols).

[@haldousuxley]

Very interesting detail, thanks for sharing.

[@swordandshield5731]

and bayraktar come from bayrak. the one that carries the flag it means

[@rosskwolfe]

The guys who decided on flag colors: "Green for religious, red for secular." Red/Green colorblind people: So... the same color for both?

[@nunyabitnezz2802]

Only young people know of a time when anyone cared about people with disabilities or special circumstances.

[@AdminLookCherries]

I am not sure about that. I know that green most of the time symbolizes religious, and I thought red was for the empire/nation, or even both as religious. Not so much secular, because I never read/heard of that anywhere.

[@m60tsabra24]

Wrong

[@scientificnameofpigs]

@@m60tsabra24 so you're not gonna elaborate further...?

[@Turkistani]

green means rumeli and upper sides of ottomans, red means anatolia and lower lands of empire

[@EMREYch]

you don’t need to pronounce turkish words harshly in tonation..actually they are read soft when pronouncing.. for the colors: if you look at the east turkestan flag you will see another color combination blue&white.. in fact color names in turkish were used to define directions in the past.. black for the north (blacksea) white for the south (akdeniz - mediterranean sea), and red for the west, blue for the east.. so red & white combination hypothetically represent the turkish ppl in the southwest..

[@yveltheyveltal5166]

A story about how the flag originated that I've heard as a child is that during the Turkish War of Independence, Ataturk saw a reflection of a star and the crescent moon in a pool of blood, and this was what inspired him to adopt the symbol as the flag of the movement and the country. Since the motif predates Turkey as a republic though it's pretty safe to say it's probably some folklore.

[@scientificnameofpigs]

I also used to believe it as a child lol. I have heard that the crescent represents Islam and the star represents the Turkish nation, I think this is a good interpretation because in a lot of flags stars are used to represent nations and the crescent is mostly accepted as the symbol of Islam. Although, often times people say the symbol of Islam is not just the crescent but the crescent with a star. Also, I have seen some muslims who dont accept the crescent, they claim that this symbol was from ancient mesopotamian religions, and was later used by the Ottomans as the symbol of Islam. They say that the black and white flags should be the symbol, which I guess are the flags of some caliphates? I respect their opinion but personally don't agree with them

[@51clash]

Not indepence war its 1071 seljuk war

[@cstewart5374]

I was also told this in Türkiye when I visited last month

[@imreallyexited]

At the time in the Turkish War of Independence Turks were war exhausted, there were a lots of casulties, Ottomans has collapsed and so on. So some people tried to make epics about Turkish State and the Turks just to mentally recover over the people, one of the main topic was the flag, so people had lots of stories and they did believed some of them. Thats why there is more than one opinions about how did the Turkish Flag made/invented.

[@Elmaredd]

its not turkish war of independence, that story might be true but it’s in 14th century, first kosovo battle.

[@meyermarzo9017]

Certainly, it's worth highlighting that Tunisia had embraced a similar flag back in 1831, making the modern-day Turkish flag around a century junior to Tunisia's flag.

[@Levo_D_Angelo]

2:12 Turkish historicans say that the crescent and moon designt cames from central asia but you dont believe it. The Turks say the Huns are our forefathers, the westerners dont believe it, they dont have proofs that its wrong but they dont believe it. Even me as a standart Turkish person know that the Crescent and Star is an very old Turkic Symbol, it was even found in the Uighur Pyramids in China.

[@nenenindonu]

🇹🇷: It ain't much but it's honest work Azerbaijan's taking care of the 8 pointed star now

[@salamov963]

Yes bro we keeping ottomans alive ccc 🇦🇿❤🇹🇷

[@nenenindonu]

@@salamov963 2 flags 1 nation ☝🏿

[@salamov963]

@@nenenindonu aynen qardasim benim

[@HistoryHustle]

Just visited Bosnia and on mosques I saw the green flag with crescent moon and star. Someone told me this was an unofficial flag.

It is the "Rumeli Flag" flag for Ottomans' lands on Europe, like Bosnia.

[@Umut_Mihailoglu]

This is Bosnian Pashalik flag from Ottoman empire. Bosnians were the member of three ruler nation of ottoman empire. TURKS ALBANİANS BOSNİANS

[@anlerden4851]

I love new Turkish flag.

[@imreallyexited]

It's actually not a new design, its a design from nearly 600 ago.

[@dinojedi4786]

​@@imreallyexiteda Design from Sultan Abdülmecid

[@hasankapsuk7856]

Me too ı love my turkish country New turkish flag

[@AMOGLES99]

Do you know anything about the Hungarian Transylvanian (Szekely) flag which also uses a moon symbol with what appears to be an 8-pointed star, but I understand is actually the sun (sun and moon being important symbols in Magyar folklore). Transylvania was ruled by the Turks so that would be one possible explanation, but of course the common Asian origins of Turks and Magyars might be another explanation.

[@TheShocktrauma]

Both theories are logical but I don’t know all the facts in Magyar history. At least one or two of the subgroups that makes Hungary is Turanid originid I know this. Also Magyar language sound shares many words with Turkish and construction of sentences are similar. What I also notice that Magyar sounds more like Persian to my ears.

[@onurcan8434]

Long story, friends. I am a Turkologist, that is, an expert on Turk history. To tell you this, it is necessary to go back 15,000 years and talk about the results of the desertification of Asia that came out of the ice age. This subject is very broad. But if you tell me what you want to know, I can explain. People who don't know about our vast history think we are nomads for pleasure or something. it is actually the Cholpan(Çoban - shepherd) star that belongs to us Turks. For us Turks, the meaning of the Cholpan star is God's grace and guiding light. After Judaism came to earth, the Jews called it the Star of David. Both words are being tried to mean the same thing, but the religion revealed to the prophet Moses and Judaism are not the same thing! The word Jew comes from Yeu - Judah, one of the 12 sons of the prophet Jacob, and is the name of a tribe, not a religion! The Jews try to distort the name of the prophet Jacob as Israel. At the same time, the name of the person who tried to kill Jesus is Judah, that is, Jew! anyway, that's why they were exiled by the Christians! later the Greeks called this star Venus. It is named after Aphrodite in Greek Mythology. As a result, all three of the symbols representing the religions of Judaism, Christianity and Islam were chosen from among the symbols of the Turk race. Crescent and cross are taken from the Turkish stamp alphabet, which consists of more than 150 symbols. but the meanings of these symbols in them and in us are different. To talk about the Hungarians, they originated from the Asian Hun state, a Turk state. that's why they call them Hungar(of Hun origin) anyway! The Hungarians are a part of us that went to Europe during the period known as the tribal migration, which spanned the years 300 - 800 AD. Gyula Nemeth, a famous Hungarian Turcologist, mentions in his book History of the Hungarians who established a homeland that 7 Turk tribes founded the Hungarian state and one of them was the Kurds. At the same time, she proved it with her evidence. The edges of the star on the flag of the Republic of Turkiye represent the states established by the Turk race in history. but as it is known, although we have established more than 40 states, the states founded by our brothers who went to Europe because they chose Christianity are not included in this number. Attila and the European Hun state are only briefly mentioned because he made the Pope kneel. Unfortunately, it is not easy to make the transition from a 600-year-old religious state to a racial state...

[@TheShocktrauma]

@@onurcan8434 I read that bogus information about one of the hungarian tribes were kurdish 40 years ago. I read publications from Kazim Mirsan, Aydin Taneri,Abdulhaluk Cay,Halacoglu vs.all of whome tried very hard to proof that kurds are mountain Turks who made kart kurt sounds as they walked on a snow covered ground. So if you are following that school you are bogus as well. You are not an independent thinker, and you are not exposed to evidence and you probably do not have any achievements in the Turkology field. Just going to a college in Turkiye does not mean anything!

[@onurcan8434]

@@TheShocktrauma Kazım Mirşan is a very valuable Turkologist. Even mentioning the names of the languages ​​he knows and the names of the books he wrote takes up a page. I don't know the others well. this has nothing to do with footsteps. It's just a silly statement anyway. I'm talking to you about genetic - archaeological - linguistic and scientific evidence. I can show you the genetic evidence right away. So, based on what evidence can you claim that it is a fabrication? what will you show me? The things I mentioned in the previous comment are not the things taught in Turkiye. I mean, even college students don't know! I have been doing research on Turk history for more than 25 years. and the amount of knowledge I have acquired is sufficient to define myself as a Turkologist. As a member of the Turk race, this is already my duty. I never did this for career or success...

[@Turan854]

As a Hungarian I read with interest your comments. I often wondered about the origin, meaning of Hungarian Székely flag, but got lost in all kind of theories. Anyway, whatever was our common history, marked by wars and pain, it is heartwarming to experience when visiting Turkey, how friendlily people relate to us.

[@chiron14pl]

I've enjoyed your take on both history and flags. Hope your university studies are coming along as well. Education has only increased my own curiosity, and I suspect yours as well

[@j43fura71]

7:11 The crescent and star being featured in north african flags is way older than any turkish influence in the region, it is mainly derived from the Hafsid dynasty (Tunisia, Algeria and Libya), a Red and White flag was reported by Marino Sanudo (ca. 1321), another as of the 15th century already featured the Crescent + 5 pointing star, some other Amazigh dynasties like the Zayyanids ( Kingdom of Tlemcen) in Algeria already featured the crescent too, these dynasties existed for centuries before the arrival of the ottomans. Furthermore the tunisian flag (Crescent + 5 pointing star adopted in 1839) is officially older than the ottoman flag that had 8 pointing stars till 1844.

[@papazataklaattiranimam]

"It seems possible, though not certain, that after the conquest Mehmed took over the crescent and star as an emblem of sovereignty from the Byzantines. The half-moon alone on a blood red flag, allegedly conferred on the Janissaries by Emir Orhan, was much older, as is demonstrated by numerous references to it dating from before 1453. But since these flags lack the star, which along with the half-moon is to be found on Sassanid and Byzantine municipal coins, it may be regarded as an innovation of Mehmed. It seems certain that in the interior of Asia tribes of Turkish nomads had been using the half-moon alone as an emblem for some time past, but it is equally certain that crescent and star together are attested only for a much later period. There is good reason to believe that old Turkish and Byzantine traditions were combined in the emblem of Ottoman and, much later, present-day Republican Turkish sovereignty." Franz Babinger (William C. Hickman Ed., Ralph Manheim Trans.), Mehmed the Conqueror and His Time, Princeton University Press, 1992, p 108

[@babisz8640]

Name one nomadic tradition in Turkish society please

[@adidoki]

@@babisz8640 Kursun dökme just to name one

[@saxtonhalegaming]

This dude when Turks are mentioned for .00001 miliseconds in passing:

[@scientificnameofpigs]

bu imam her yerde

[@osmansamilaydn9197]

Ağa konu Osmanlı olunca resmen ışınlanıyorsun.

[@nunyabitnezz2802]

It’s nice to see a change that puts the star OUTSIDE the moon.

[@HweolRidda]

Yes, but now they have the crescent moon wrong. In middle ages the islamic world had some the world's great astronomers, but their decendents design this physically impossible stuff. Sad.

[@nunyabitnezz2802]

@@HweolRidda too stylized

[@scientificnameofpigs]

@@HweolRidda Don't make a big deal out of it bro, just because our cresent isn't scientifically accurate doesn't mean it's ugly or wrong. I like it like that, it looks more beautiful when it's more closed

[@nevzataydin1]

@@HweolRidda it will be correct in a few hundred million of years, as moon is drifting apart from earth

[@YusufOzturk-gn6vv]

Many thanks for this very informative video. I have not seen such a good video on this subject in Turkish KZbin channels.

[@noeldoyle4501]

Thanks for this enjoyable video!

[@mikel1338]

Hey Hilbert - fellow Geordie here! I love your work, from the old Celtic insights through to flag videos like this. In particular I really enjoy your videos on the North of England (obviously, I'm biased). I'd love to see one of your longer, more in depth videos, on the full history of the city of Newcastle - first settlements through to post-Thatcher. I think your insights are really interesting, and a topic like that, being so close to home for us both, i think would be easily be one of my faves. You may have already done one and Ive missed it, but ive tried searching it out and couldn't spot it - if so, my apologies!

[@metallicroostersailor8105]

As a Turk, I love our flag very much.

[@smesui1799]

There is increasing interest in the Turks and things Turkish as Turkiye 🇹🇷 and the Turkish countries of central Asia once again rise in prominance since the end of the Ottoman Empire in 1919.

[@papazataklaattiranimam]

Turks indeed had a decisive role in triggering historical major events like the Migration Period, Crusades, shaping the history of Balkans, Islamization of Northern India, Age of Discovery as well as ending the Middle Ages with the conquest of Constantinople, fall of the Roman Empire.

[@PimsleurTurkishLessons]

you did not mention about crescent was facing to left and star was in left of crescent in old version of Turkish flag.

[@larsrons7937]

Very interesting. I had noticed the change from the earlier to the present red flag, but never known the story. B.t.w. the now wellknown Turkish military drone "Bayraktar", is that somehow named after the flag?

[@omervesam]

Bayaktar en basit haliyle bayrağı taşıyan kişi anlamına gelir derin anlamları da vardır

[@larsrons7937]

@@omervesam _"Bayaktar simply means the person who carries the flag. It also has deep meanings."_ So *"flag bearer".* Thank you. That was valuable knowledge to me. The name makes so much more sense now.

[@lba6859]

Named after Erdogan's son-in-law.

[@KenanTurkiye]

@@lba6859 It's their surname, Turkish surnames have meanings just like the Native Americans., For example Yıldırım = Lightning, Demir=Steel, Şahin=Eagle. The company Bayraktar happens to carry the surname of the family that founded that company, who's son married Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's daughter.

[@TempusEst]

As I know, the Ottoman flag and the Turkish flag aren't inspired by Islam or Muslim people. It was already the official flag of Istanbul in the times of Byzantine. That's where it's designed from.

[@TempusEst]

And it's not used as a symbol of Islam in Turkey either. Most people are secular and they embrace the flag. Me too.

[@kosefix]

I started the video only looking at the title and not the creator. Then I started doing something else and just listened. When I heard the pronunciations of the Turkish flag and thought it sounded really authentic(I don't speak Turkish), my first thought was "Is this a History with Hilbert video?"

[@ada_janset]

it doesnt sound authentic but its still an ok-ish pronunciation (im a native)

[@AdminLookCherries]

The flag with 8 pointed star is from 1793-1844. The Ottoman flag with 5 pointed star from 1844-1922 is my favorite it was slightly different than today's Türkiye's flag (1936). It had deeper tone of red and slightly thicker star and crescent. I am not sure, but I heard that the color red and the crescent in the flag had to do with the after battle. There was a big puddle of blood of the fallen soldiers and the moon was reflecting on it which the leader got the idea to design the flag like that.

[@canlale9869]

the kosovo war

[@Edem-Armenia]

--->>>Yajuj Mayuj-->>>>>> wake up Muslims it's time to wake up and know that the enemy has hidden in your ranks under the name of Islam has hidden the servants of the devil who have spread death since their entry into the Region It is about the 2 wild tribes of Yajuj Majuj. Prophet Muhammed said woe to you Arabs in the seventh century beforehand because soon 2 tribes of Yajuj Majuj will rise and he said that they will be among his followers and will dominate the Arabs and that Prophecy was fulfilled in 1100-1299 Tatar (Turkic Tribes) Mongol Campaigns. and That Prophecy Was Fulfilled for more than 600 years, the Arabs fell to the Ottoman-Tatars (from the Djuchid tribe, Oghuz Tatars = Turks) And in the Last Days They Will Rise Again And Pass The Inaccessible Copper Barrier It's The Copper Mountains Of Zangezur And They Already Attacked The Followers Of Christ On 9.11.2020 And Won are them and surrounded them in Lerner in Mountainous Karabakh. And now, as it is said in the Islamic prophecy, Yajuj Majuj will be seen in the Copper Mountains, He will be standing NEAR THE BLACK LAKE, and that prophecy also came true in 2021. The Azeri-Turkish (Tatar = Yajuj Majuj) Army occupied that Black Lake. Soon the forces of Satan attacked the followers of Christ, surrounded them and there was a Famine, and as the prophecy says, When 1 Cow's Head will be valued at 300 dinars, when they will all leave them and all will go in a different direction, they will attack Christian Armenia, the inaccessible Copper Mountains, the Zangezur of Armenia .and they will manage to CAPTURE the BELL and OPEN the copper GATE in a Very Short Time. and will raise an empire Turan and in the Koran it is said that it is the Empire of the End which is called DAB = Turan and the Son of Satan al masikh at Dajjal will appear to humanity. It will be the new Ottoman Sultan Or so called Caliph. The Bible also warns about it. And God will punish Gog Magog = Gog Magog = Turk and his successor

[@papazataklaattiranimam]

@user-vv8lk3qc2u Azerbaijan was part of Ottoman for 35 years

[@onurcan8434]

The crescent represents the religion of Islam, the star represents the Turk race, and the red color represents blood. In the Ottoman Empire, which is a religious state, this situation is defined as the blood that the Turk race has shed for the sake of the religion of Islam. but its true meaning has nothing to do with any of them. what is actually known as a half moon is not a half moon or crescent. The star is not actually a star either. It has nothing to do with Byzantium - Rome or Persians. It is something related to a Turk ideal that goes back at least 5 thousand years. I would like to explain it, but I do not want to explain it since our ideal continues. Only a real Turk can know its real meaning..!

[@KamilKartal]

(English version below) Türk bayrağında yer alan simgelerin bilinmeyen anlamları: Yüzeysel ve eksik bilgiyle bakıldığında, kırmızı renkli arka plan üzerinde beyaz renkle resmedilmiş bir Hilal'in (crescent Moon) alt ve üst uçlarının kavradığı 5 köşeli bir Yıldız görülmektedir. Genel kabule göre, bu kırmızı renkli fonun vatan toprakları için çarpışırken şehit düşmüş Türk askerlerinin kanını temsil ettiği düşünülür. Doğrusu, kırmızı renk Güneşi temsil etmektedir. Doğuşu ve batışı esnasında Güneşin rengi kırmızı olur ve bunun nedeni de, daha kısa dalga boylarındaki (mavi ve yeşil) ışığın ufka yakınken Dünya atmosferinde dağılması, daha uzun dalga boylarının (kırmızı ve turuncu) Güneş'in gözle algılanabilen rengine hakim olmasıdır. Bu dağılma etkisi ufkun yakınında daha belirgindir çünkü ışık daha kalın bir atmosfer tabakasından geçmek zorundadır. Mavi ve yeşil ışık dağılır ve gözümüze ulaşan çoğunlukla kırmızı ve turuncu tonlar kalır. Böylece, Türk bayrağında, dikkatli gözlerin kolaylıkla seçebileceği üç adet göksel simge bulunmaktadır. Güneş, Ay ve Yıldız. Bu simgelerden bilinmeyeni belirttikten sonra, şimdi gelelim çıplak gözle görülebilir olan ilk sembole, yani Hilale (crescent Moon). Türk tarihinde Türklerin atası olarak kabul edilen "OĞUZ HAN" (OGHUZ KHAGAN), aynı zamanda mitolojik olarak Tanrıdır ve böylece Tanrının adı OĞUZ (OGHUZ)'dur. OĞUZ HAN tasvirlerinin en belirgin şekilde öne çıkan özelliği başındaki miğferin bir boğanın boynuzlarını temsil etmesidir ki bu kısmen doğrudur. Aslında OĞUZ HAN'ın miğferindeki boğa boynuzu şekli, Hilali temsil eder. Ve yine Türk mitolojisine göre, OĞUZ HAN'ın ilk üç oğlunun adları, GÜN HAN (The Sun Lord), AY HAN (The Moon Lord) ve YILDIZ HAN (The Star Lord)'dur. Türk Bayrağına neden "AY YILDIZLI AL BAYRAK" dendiği de açıklığa kavuşmuş oluyor. AY ve YILDIZ bilinir ve görünürken, bu kutlu adda geçen "AL" sözü, Türkçe "kırmızı" rengin adı olarak GÜNEŞ'i simgelemektedir. Buraya dek özetlediğim çarpıcı bilgilere bir de şunu eklemek lazımdır... Son Aztek İmparatoru Moctezuma'yı kendi sarayında 2 ay esir tutan Hernan Cortez ile Moctezuma arasında bu süre zarfında geçen diyalogların bir kısmı Cizvit günlüklerinde yazılı şekilde kayıt altına alınmıştır ve bunlar İspanyol arşivlerinde muhafaza edilmektedir. Cizvit rahiplerinin günlüklerinde yer alan bu diyalogların aktardığına göre, Hernan Cortez Moctezuma'ya Azteklerin kimler olduğunu, Meksika'ya nereden ve ne zaman geldiklerini soruyor. Bu soruya Moctezu'manın verdiği yanıt oldukça çarpıcıdır: "Sizin takviminize göre 1143 yılında Türklerin başkenti Karakurum'da Cengiz Han doğdu. Biz, onun doğuşunu ve onun devrinde neler yaşanacağını yıldız okumaları yaparak önceden haber almış ve buna göre hazırlıklarımızı yapmıştık. Aynı yıl, yani 1143'te 2000 kişi olarak 4 büyük gemiyle Büyük Denize (Pasifik Okyanusu) açıldık. 4 ay sonunda bu diyara vardık." Şimdi bu bilgiye ek olarak, üzerindeki hiyeroglif yazılarda ne anlatıldığı halen bütün Dünya için bir muamma olan Aztek Güneş Diski'nin ilk satırının araştırmacı yazar Kamil Kartal tarafından yapılmış tercümesini ekleyelim. "Biz, Demirkazık yurdundan gelen Türklerin Güneş Dilli Dokuz Oğuz (Nine Oghuz) boyuyuz." Bu bilgiler bize sadece Azteklerin Türk kökenli ve Türkçe konuşan halklar olduğunu anlatmakla kalmıyor, aynı zamanda Türk bayrağındaki YILDIZ simgesinin de Kutup Yıldızı POLARİS'i temsil ettiğini de açıklıyor. Sonuç olarak, Türk bayrağında 3 göksel (celestial) ve mitolojik figür bulunduğunu açıkça görebiliyoruz: 1. GÜNEŞ (kırmızı fon, GÜN HAN - The Sun Lord, AL BAYRAK) 2. HİLAL (AY HAN - The Moon Lord, Crescent Moon, OGHUZ KHAGAN, the supreme God of Turks) 3. YILDIZ (YILDIZ HAN, The Star Lord, DEMİRKAZIK, Northern Star - POLARIS) Türkler, Arapların zorbalık ve yağmaları neticesinde islamlaştırılmadan önce bu üçlü göksel kavramlara tanrısallık atfederlerdi. AY YILDIZLI AL BAYRAK da, Türklerin en eski zamanlardaki atalarından beri süregelen bir kültürel mirasıdır. Bütün Türk devletlerinin bayraklarında bu simgeler adeta koruyucu bir tılsım gibi binlerce yıldır varlıklarını devam ettirir. Kamil Kartal ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Unknown Meanings of Symbols on the Turkish Flag: When superficially and incompletely observed, the Turkish flag displays a white Crescent Moon and a five-pointed Star on a red background. Generally, it's believed that this red background symbolizes the blood of Turkish soldiers who fell as martyrs while fighting for their homeland. In truth, the red color represents the Sun. During its rise and set, the Sun appears red due to the scattering of shorter wavelengths of light (blue and green) in the Earth's atmosphere, allowing longer wavelengths (red and orange) to dominate its perceived color. This scattering effect is more pronounced near the horizon because the light passes through a thicker atmospheric layer. Blue and green light scatter away, leaving mostly red and orange tones visible to our eyes. Thus, the Turkish flag features three celestial symbols that observant eyes can easily distinguish: the Sun, the Moon, and the Star. After showing the unseen symbol, let's now have a better look at the visible ones. First, the Crescent (Hilal): In Turkish history, "OĞUZ HAN" (OGHUZ KHAGAN), known as the ancestor of all Turks, is also mythologically a supreme deity, and thus the name of the deity is OĞUZ (OGHUZ - AĞIZ - SÖZ - The Mouth and The WORD). The most prominent feature of OĞUZ HAN depictions is the crescent-shaped crown on his head, which also partly represents the horns of a bull. Actually, the bullhorn shape on OĞUZ HAN's helmet represents the Crescent Moon. According to Turkish mythology, the first three sons of OĞUZ HAN are named GÜN HAN (The Sun Lord), AY HAN (The Moon Lord), and YILDIZ HAN (The Star Lord). This clarifies why the Turkish flag is called the "RED FLAG WITH THE CRESCENT AND STAR - AY YILDIZLI AL BAYRAK". While the Moon and Star are recognizable, the word "AL" in this revered title symbolizes the Sun, representing the color "red" in Turkish (English "RED" color is named as "AL" in Turkish). Adding to these remarkable pieces of information, there are documented dialogues between the last Aztec Emperor Moctezuma and Hernan Cortez, the Spanish conquistador who held Moctezuma captive for two months. Some of these dialogues were recorded in Jesuit logbooks and stored in Spanish archives. Moctezuma's response to Cortez's question about the origins of Aztecs is intriguing and astonishing: "According to your calendar, Genghis Khan was born in 1143 in the capital city of the Turks, Karakorum. We predicted his birth and the events of his era through star readings and prepared accordingly. In the same year, 1143, we set sail with 2,000 people on four large ships to the Great Sea (Pacific Ocean). We arrived on this land after a four months of voyage." Adding to this information, let's include the translation of the first line of the hieroglyphic inscriptions on the Aztec Sun Disc, an enigma to the world, by researcher Kamil Kartal: "We, the "Nine Oghuz" tribe of Turks speaking the Sun Language, are the people who came down from "POLARIS" (Demirkazık)". These details not only indicate the Turkish origin of the Aztecans and their Turkish-speaking peoples but also clarify that the Star symbol on the Turkish flag represents the North Star, POLARIS - Demirkazık. In conclusion, it's evident that the Turkish flag contains three celestial and mythological figures: 1. The SUN (red background, GÜN HAN - The Sun Lord, RED FLAG) 2. CRESCENT MOON (AY HAN - The Moon Lord, Crescent Moon, OGHUZ KHAGAN, the supreme God of Turks) 3. STAR (YILDIZ HAN, The Star Lord, DEMİRKAZIK, Northern Star - POLARIS) Before the influence of Islam due to Arab invasions and raids, the Turks attributed divinity to these three celestial objects / concepts. "RED FLAG WITH THE CRESCENT AND STAR / AY YILDIZLI AL BAYRAK" is a cultural heritage dating back to the earliest ancestors of the Turks. These symbols continue to endure like protective talismans on the flags of all Turkish / Turkic states for thousands of years. Kamil Kartal

[@onurcan8434]

Türk ülküsü ile ilgili bir şey bu Kamil. derin anlamı vardır. İslam`ı kabul ettikten sonra çarpıtılmıştır. çift başlı kartal ile aynı anlamı taşır aslında ama onun asıl halidir.

[@yalind19]

Şizofreni böyle bir şey herhalde. Uydurmacaya bak. Kızılderililer Türkmüş de, Türkler Arap zorbalığıyla müslüman olmuş da salla babam salla. Sizin gibiler bu milleti dünyaya rezil ediyor. (English) This is what schizophrenia looks like. Complete fantasy. Native americans were Turks, Turks were converted to Islam through oppression, these claims are all bogus. People like you bring shame on our nation in front of the world.

[@onurcan8434]

@@moonrabbit5107 2005 yılında genetik bilimci doktor Spencer Wells tarafından yapılan geniş çaplı araştırmanın sonucunda 40 bin yıllık tarihimiz bulunduğu genetik olarak kanıtlanmış durumda. Kırgızistan Türk`ü olan Zakir Can Niyazov DNA`sında 40 bin yıllık Türk geni taşıyor. biz ise onunla aynı DNA`yı taşıyoruz. yani bu durum dünyanın herhangi bir yerinde bir kemik parçası bulup DNA analizi yapmanın çok ötesinde. önemli olan o kemikte bulunan DNA`yı taşıyan birilerinin olmasıdır! onlar ise buna Asya işareti adını vermişler. tıpkı bize daha önce Ural ve Altay dağları arasında yaşayan halk anlamına gelen Ural - Altay ırkı ve dili adını verdikleri gibi! kim bu halk sorusuna ise cevap veremezler!!! yani, sadece genetik bilimci olmak ta yetmiyor tek başına. üstelik, Zakir Can Niyazov ile aynı DNA`yı taşıyan tek biz değiliz. liste bayağı bir uzun. listenin en başına da silik ve zor okunur şekilde Native Amerikan yani Amerikan yerlileri olan Kızılderilileri koymuşlar. yanılmıyorsam tamamı 2 saatin üzerinde olan National Geographic belgeselinin son 15 dakikası bizi ilgilendiriyor ve bu Ön Türklerin Genetik Kökenleri ve Akrabaları adı altında burada yayınlanmış durumda. kendin de izleyebilir, kendi gözlerinle görebilirsin. ben ise Türk ırkının Y DNA`sını, ana kök genlerini, ana kök genlerinin ortağı olan haplo grupları, genetik ve biyolojik ten renklerini, kafa tası yapısı bilgilerini biliyor olmama rağmen vermiyorum. kendi ırkınızdan kadın ve erkekler ile evlenmek önemli ama bunun için kendi ırkınızın fenotip(dış görünüm) özellikleri olan genetik ve biyolojik deri renklerini ve kafa tası yapısını kendiniz öğrenmeniz lazım! Türkler Eğer Kendi Irklarına Mensup Kadınlarla(erkekler dahil) Evlenselerdi, Hiç Bir Savaşı Kaybetmezlerdi. CENGİZ HAN...

[@KamilKartal]

@@moonrabbit5107 niye?

[@KamilKartal]

@@moonrabbit5107 anladım da bunu ben demiyorum ki, adamlar (Aztekler) kendileri yazmış, ben sadece okudum. Ve doğru okudum. Bunun doğruluğunu teyit eden kaynak da buldum, çok güvenilir ve mühim bir kaynak. Dolayısı ile birisi kendisini TÜRK diye tanımlıyorsa, ben haddimi bilmeyi tercih ederim açıkçası, yok, sen TÜRK falan değilsin dememin de bir manası olur mu sence?

[@papazataklaattiranimam]

In short, it is hard to think of any other ethnolinguistic entity in history that conquered so vast a territory and founded so many empires and states, also contributing to world civilizations. The history of the Turkic peoples was an important factor in world history for more than a millennium until the emergence of Europe as the world's dominant power. What happened in the Turkic world often affected the history of China, Central Asia, the Middle East, South Asia, and Europe. One may also argue that world history began with the "Turko-Mongol" empire created by Chinggis Khan. In the contemporary world, Turkic-speaking nations form six states (Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Azerbaijan, and Turkey/Türkiye) and several "autonomous" units in Russia (the republics of Chuvash, Tatarstan, Bashkortostan, Altai, Khakassia, Tuva, and Sakha) and China (the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region). Turkic peoples also reside as minority groups in several other countries, including Mongolia and Iran, among others. It would therefore be difficult to acquire a comprehensive understanding of world history as well as our present world without studying the history of the Turkic peoples.

[@kunduraci30]

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[@kursadyildirim1071]

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[@SpartanLeonidas1821]

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[@kunduraci30]

@@SpartanLeonidas1821 sure greek sperm , you know the best

[@alpakman1082]

Informative, Thanks

[@PimsleurTurkishLessons]

Sumeriens also used crescent and star. also GökTürk money had crescent and star also.

[@Ivan-pr7ku]

The Crescent and Star symbols were prominently used in the Sasanian Empire on their coinage, even borrowed for some time by the early Caliphate minting. It's a ancient symbol used and recycled over and over again by different cultures.

[@svart7716]

Turkic empire Memluk empire in Egypt had crescent and star already at 13th century.

[@misterbacon4933]

Interesting episode!

[@Himes5564]

Göktürk coins have moon and star, crescent is very old with us.

[@kaleli.ozgur.76]

The moon cult came to the Arab geography from India thousands of years ago and has become one of the main symbols of the Islamic faith. but this does not mean that the Turks acquired the moon motif after their preference for Islam. The place of the crescent and star symbols in Turkish culture goes back much before the Ottoman Empire and Islamic culture. We see that the crescent-star symbols are used in hundreds and thousands of historical artifacts belonging to pre-Islamic Turkish culture. We see the crescent-star motifs in daily works of art, pre-Islamic tengrism rituals, and even in the cultures of Turkish states that adopted Judaism. One of the most basic sources on this subject is Servet Somuncuoğlu's work called "Counting Stone". With the carbon test, we see that in the old Turkish rock inscriptions around 3000 years, many modern motifs together with the crescent and star have existed in Turkish culture for a long time. As you mentioned in the video, the crescent and star on the flags of many states that used to be under the rule of the Ottoman Empire and are independent today are the Ottoman heritage. However, the crescent-star history of Turkish states such as the Republic of Turkey and Azerbaijan dates back to long before the Ottoman Empire and the preference of Islam. Azerbaijan has never been a part of the Ottoman Empire throughout its history. Even this is simple proof. It is a serious mistake to limit the place of the crescent-star symbol in Turkish culture and history to the Ottoman Empire and Islam.

[@SagucuTegin]

Originally it's Byzantine Flag. Crescent and Star was the flag of the Constantinopolis - Capital City of the East Rome. Ottomans took it from Byzantine.

[@cagdas135]

No. We have even Göktürk coins with star and crescent on them. It goes way back.

[@afinoxi]

Crescent and star symbol goes back even to the Sumerians, its not special to the Byzantines. There are archeological evidence that the symbol was used by Turks in Central Asia much before the Turkic migrations. I dont know where you read that but the green and red isnt a religious-secular distinction. Green stood for the Balkan provinces while red stood for Anatolian provinces, its not about secularism or islamism.

[@leylayetmez]

Old turkish flag adopted by Azerbaijan People Republic in 1918

[@SumelaKaradeniz]

The name of the country is not Turkey, but Türkiye 🇹🇷

[@kingdomofgarvin3432]

Do one about Trinidad and Tobago 🇹🇹

[@selinkthy177]

Thank you for the usefull video!

[@neuralwarp]

And of course the crescent and star were symbols of ancient religions of the middle east, including Ba`al and Ishtar. The crescent was the horns of the bull.

[@burc7175]

I was waiting who can make such a comment. Brilliant. These are older symbols that humanity used in these lands.

[@Sirius-Voyager]

I am shaman turk and Crescent and Star were symbols on Trees for Turks in central asia. Turks were celebreting new year on 21 Marchs.They were decorate to trees with some symbols as Crescent and Star.

[@kaankarakoc7680]

şamansın yani ataların ruhlarıyla felan konuşabiliyor musun?

[@Sirius-Voyager]

@@kaankarakoc7680 Atalarımın ruhu uçmakta.Uzak yerlerde.Onlar bizi duyabilir.Ama biz konuşamayız.Doğa bizim telepatik dilimizi anlar.Ağaçla,kuşla,kurtla,atla tüm canlılarla konuşmak mümkündür.

[@kaankarakoc7680]

@@Sirius-Voyager banada öğretsene knk

[@_bugra_7876]

Just to fix it the red is a symbole of blood turks spilled for their nation and crescent and star is just an old turkic symbole.

[@dzivri]

Do Macedonia. Interesting case because it was forced to change its flag, and import embargoes were placed on them by Greece because of the flag

[@ELYYY99]

When you think of Turkey, think of purple, when you think of purple, think of wino.

[@brrkbtl]

vdery informative thank you

[@EjderiyaMeyvesi]

Don't use an Arab accent while you reading the Turkish words. It's so annoying we don't say that

[@aaronn123]

exactly 🙏🏽

[@Salhem]

The Turkish language is just a remake of the Ottoman language, which was essentially a mix of Arabic and Persian so that it is easier for everyone in the state to speak it so there isn't much difference

[@EjderiyaMeyvesi]

@@Salhem trust me, it's different. I'm talking about accent. Not language lore.

[@pseidee]

​​@@Salhemthere was no Ottoman Language lmao. It wasnt spoken by the people but the court. Also it was Ottoman Turkish, not ottoman. It was amix of Turkish-Arabic and Persian not only arabic and persian. Turkish people always spoke the language we turks speak today. You dont know anything about my language and please dont spread misinformation. My language is a Turkic language, not semitic or indo-european. Having some arabic loanwords doesnt make a language close to arabic. We are grammerly, historically and accentwise different.

[@Salhem]

@@pseidee Yeah maybe after Ataturk that changed your alphabet to Latin and your vocabulary to French, the old Turkish language had big Arabic influence that affected its vocabulary and pronunciation as they are Muslims that automatically follow its direction, there wasn't much difference before Turkification, maybe the locals spoke something a little farther away from Ottoman but it did include Arabic influence

[@Haplo-san]

Actually the crescent represents a connection to pre-islam since the moon goddess "Al-ilah" or "El-ilah" (Yes, it later became what we know today and changed gender with the islam) was the most influential deity of the time. Islamic Hijri Calendar is a lunar calendar still used to this day, which is 354 or 355 days/year calendar; and today the date is 15th day of Muharram month (first month), year of 1445".

[@aliklc1970]

Byzantium in fact

[@Haplo-san]

@@aliklc1970 Yes and no. Byzantium only goes back to 3rd century BC but crescent and star motifs goes back to Sumerian era 3000-5000 BC.

[@KattarMuslim-Revert]

'Al ilah' literally means the god and 'el ilah' is 'gibberish', not feminine , allah is the supreme god, just like yahweh in judaism, You are confusing yourself between allah and Hubal(moon god), who was chronologically grandson of Allah via his daughter 'Lat '

[@MaC.Istanaz]

Actually Ottoman Empire didnt have formal flag. 3 white moon over geeen was most used. Army was using 2 headed falcon over yellow (u can see this at old hungarian flag)

[@geogeo1261]

The video looks quite accurate in most of its references. Unfortunately the high number of different Turkish opinions show the size of historical ignorance of them, due to their long time ago and intense nation's propaganda.

[@hyxer2864]

wow, It's nice to see unbiased videos.

[@grants3329]

As far as I know that sword from early Turkish flag is named Yatagan, not Zulfikar.

[@Ender-dj9ys]

thank for this video

[@ArdaKaraduman]

if you go down the rabbit hole, the crescent star symbolism goes well back into sumerians & Inanna, ancient form of Allah. Also, it may have been independently adopted by other peoples as well. Because I think its pretty easy to come up with.

[@ottomanslapx7157]

The gren Ottoman flag was representing the European Turkey.

[@wasnt.here.3853]

For future reference, in Türk bayrağı the ğ is silent. It just sounds like Türk bayraı with both the a & ı pronounced at the end. Otherwise, you pronounced it well

[@OghuzKhaghan]

ğ is not silent but it is very soft letter.

[@hellmarch3043]

Ğ sessiz falan değil arkadaş öğrenemediniz gitti.

[@nadirhikmetkuleli7335]

Hala Ğ yi sessiz bir uzatma harfi sanan papağanlar var. Yok öyle bir şey. Ğ nin Türkçede özgün sesi vardır. Ağaç Aaç diye telaffuz edilmez. Kim öğretiyor bunlara bu saçmalıkları.

[@AliArtik-kl8kb]

@@hellmarch3043 diksiyon eğitimlerinde ğ nin aslında okunmaması söylenir

[@hellmarch3043]

@@AliArtik-kl8kb Yanlış. Ne yapalım yani öyle öğretiyorlarsa? Herkes "ğ" basamıyor diye kolaycılığa kaçıp yok saymışlar. Türk kafası işte.

[@EmirhanHzoglu]

It might be on me to not learning enough about my country but it is kinda upsetting there is more information in a video of a random guy on youtube than the entire syllabus of history classes until college in Turkey. From middle school to high school, it is always the same story of reflection of moon and stars on a lake which died red from the blood of soldiers at some war. It is a nice story don't get me wrong but I never felt I learnt enough about my flag at school.

[@Solotocius]

Judging by the video and the comments: Everyone has their own interpretation of why the Turkish flag is how it is

[@aasifazimabadi786]

This is a sign of the times; objective reality doesn’t exist anymore.

[@Solotocius]

@@aasifazimabadi786 unfortunate but true

[@tanura5830]

​@@Stevie-Jstory about the dream is told by historians tho because it's in the sources. But of course all stories mentioned in history could be made up

[@tasbykekerey1203]

🇹🇷🇦🇿🇹🇲🇺🇿🇰🇿🇰🇬 New Turan Flag is beautiful! 🐺🤘🏼

[@Nicat_Qrbnv]

As far as I know, crescent and star are turkic symbolism for "Göy tanrı" (Sky god).

[@blaskon1035]

surprisingly you didn't mention about constantinople's flag and didn't compared to 8-star ottoman flag. you coulda mentioned also that the rome's 'semper victoria' transtaled to (el-muzaffer daima) and adopted by the mehmed 2 in order to be a roman emperor (on theory) so flag's destiny had decided right there ultimately which shaped the modern one. can't criticise mehmet so much since he was the best emperor of ottoman but turkish oghuz legend was more worth than being a successor of rome. what a waste

[@ahmedhsan8934]

Tunisia did adopt it's flag before the ottomans did the design even can date back to before the ottoman era...

[@gokhanakay8446]

A phase of the solar eclips where the moon is in crescent appearance and (5/8 ) the star - just figuring out only while the solar eclipse- is the star of the galaxy where the turks come from.

[@tugrulustaoglu]

Babacan is not turkey but Türkiye

[@davidjacobs8558]

why do some people think crescent moon arc goes over half of the circle? it does not.

[@XY-uc1tw]

The crescent moon is a Turkic symbol and it has nothing to do with Islam. it comes from the Gokturk Empire. There are some coins from that time with a crescent moon clearly recognizable on them.

[@BarbarossaTheOcean]

AFAIK, Green Flag represents the Ottoman Balkan and Red represents the Anatolian Ottoman.

[@grandeypeludo]

It's a pity that such a well researched and informative content doesn't have the tact to use the name currently suggested by Turks: Türkiye What is there to be gained by using the old name?

[@kutukteyiz408]

We have the same red flag with a five tailed star since early 1800s. You can see it on any historical photo from the time. That many tailed star flag never existed. Red had nothing to do with being secularist too. Ottomans were imperial. Emperors have to take sides. They can’t be secular.

[@horror11]

like everything "turks" think its turkish, the cresent moon and the star was copied from greek ancient byzantine coins. they changed it a bit so its not to obvious but in times of internet everyone can see where it all is originated.

[@Himes5564]

Wrong, before the Turks ever met the Greeks, they used crescent and star on their coins during the Göktürk period.

[@horror11]

@@Himes5564 how can the "turks" not met the greeks when the greek ruled the entire region including india and parts of china for centuries long before "turks" even existed? are history books forbidden in socalled "turkey" or do u have only turk fantasy books as "history books". the region the seljuc came from was the former greek empire of seleucid. i bet even the name seljuc was a turcification of seleucids and the "turks" named after that just like istanbul is a turkified greek word or ismir and all the rest of the "turkish" words and city names. turks are a mix of persian and mongols and this ppl had contact from ancient times with the greek. now thats the real turks i talk about, not the invented "turks" in socalled "turkey" which are mostly former greek and byzantine populations , kurds and armenian.

[@memofromessex]

I thought maybe the cresecent represented the lunar eclipse in 1453 when Constantinople finally fell and I believe prophesised the end of the Roman Empire.

[@Tztimelord]

Another correction crescent comes from Artemis which was the patron goddess of Anatolia and star is the vergina sun. And…. Here we are today…. There is a reason why sailor MOON 🌙 has a cat named Artemis with a crescent on her head. 🌙 ⭐️

[@kunterkuman3567]

1876 dan beri Bugünkü Bayrağımızı kullanıyoruz.

[@andrefasching1332]

Pacman is trying to eat the star obviously

[@actually-will1606]

I’d love to see the American flag and all its variations explained

[@Marveryn]

am pretty sure he did that video already but i may be confuse

[@hashemkaeraky6395]

The red flag symbolized Anatolia and the green flag represented the balkans

[@koordrozita7236]

Turkish flag is the Constantinople banner. And Constantinople banner was taken from Zoroastrians, where it was used on Sasanids coins.

[@attilaseyfullah8522]

There is also the tradition to display the flag backwards during war-time.

[@alfirouzi9891]

Thank you for the info. The flag of Turkish Azerbaijan (both North and South) has the eight star inside the crescent. Maybe it would have been better to mention that as well. Also, the famous Zulfigar sord is the symbol of the sord carried by Prophet Mohammad's commander (son-in-law and nephew) Ali - both of these represent the Muslim Turks of the world before Ottoman Empire became more Arab-like (religious, culture and language-wise) although keeping its softness in Islam (Sufi).

[@onurcan8434]

White is the color of the Umayyads, black is the color of the Abbasids, and green is the color of the Shiites. Abbas, the uncle of the prophet, the founder of the Abbasid dynasty. Ali is also the son of the prophet's uncle The color that Alevis, which means supporter of Ali, should carry is clear. Under normal circumstances, our flag has nothing to do with Islam. but the crescent is interpreted as Islam, the star represents the Turk race, and the red represents the blood that the Turk race shed for the religion of Islam. On the Azerbaijani flag, all these are mixed with each other because they have not yet succeeded in breaking away from the Iranian state completely. Also, Azeris, which means Azer and descendants of Azer, are not of Turk origin. Finally, Azer means fire. Baycan means area - space. Azerbaijan; It means fire area, place where fire is lit, place where fire is worshiped. These are all Persian things and when they got their independence including the name of the state they were supposed to change all of them but they didn't! The name of the state and the meaning of the flag are completely opposite to each other...

[@alfirouzi9891]

Man! HOW IGNORENT CAN THESE PEOPLE BE? I am a Turk and ashamed of you calling me otherwise! Fire is your ... This is how Arabs and others have made Turks fight against each other with the help of British and Russia. The flag of Saudi Arabia is green- are they Alavies?! I am not Alavi but, in the recent elections in Turkiye almost 50% voted for the Alavi guy "Kilijdaroglo" - are the daeshis Turk like you going to fight 50% of Turkish population? There are so many Turks in Iran such as Kashkaii, Horasan Turkleri, Halaj Turkleri, Arak Turkleri, Farahan Turkleri, Kirman Turkleri, and on and on- what the f. persians (hindis) have to do with the Turks? Turks have always been in majority but, divided in that geographical location, something that your ignorance is adding to that fire. Unfortunately, I see Dayeshi extremists especially from Egypt have a very heavy influence in Turkiye today including during the recent election that I saw with my own eyes. This only will polarize Turkiye and make it something like the Arab states today (nikba). Unlike the misinfo. you have ignorantly mentioned above Azerbaijanis are the real Turks. What does "bir milet iki devlet" mean? During Ottoman Turkiye became mixed with Arabs and Christians, the sultans married from European countries; so, the language, the food the culture is a mixture but, in Azerbaijan this is not the case. I will provide one example: what word is used for the mirror in Turkiye? Ayna (that is arabic) what is the Turkish word for it- you wouldn't know. @@onurcan8434

[@Cyclops-ky9pr]

@@onurcan8434 Azerbaijanis are from Oghuz descent my guy, just because they were converted to Shiism, it doesn't mean they aren't turkic. I would even say that Azerbaijanis have more Turkic Dna in them than Anatolian Turks because they have such a rich history with Turkmenistan & the Caucasus turks. Azerbaijani Turks from south & north see themselves as turkic & go ahead read the Story about the Oghuz Tribes in that region The Qara Qoyunlu, Qizilbash all of turkic origin

[@onurcan8434]

@@Cyclops-ky9pr You didn't learn anything, did you? Tell me the meaning of Oghuz? tell me the meaning of Zulkarnain? Tell me Y DNA, main stem genes, auxiliary haplo group genes of main stem genes, genetic and biological skin color and skull structure of Turk race? How can you tell if the person you're marrying is from your own race? You have done the genetic analysis of the entire Azerbaijani people who gained their independence from Iran, only the genetic analysis of the Turkye people remained, right? Who is Azer, Who is called Azeri, What race does Azer belong to, tell me? Tell me who the Persians are? Tell me the 2nd article of the 1924 Turkiye Republic constitution? Do you have the capacity to answer one of these questions? learn first, then you start teaching..!

[@nycnow811]

You didn't explain the 8 stars?

[@ZarlanTheGreen]

2:40 ""...so that it has a non-christian origin" WTF? Taking the symbol from Constantinople, is *_NOT_* a christian origin! The symbol was used in Constantinople and Byzantium, from *_before christianity existed,_* making it a *_clearly non-christian symbol!_*

[@atakanpayman]

While in late Ottoman times, the red base with a white crescent and star was the official flag, it was not standardized. With the foundation of the republic and the modernization efforts, the flag was standardized according to international standards.

[@PaulNizinskyj]

There's a surprising amount of continuity between the Byzantine (Eastern Roman) and Ottoman empires, which is largely down to the two being in such close contact with one another over several centuries. However, the crescent and moon symbol actually predates both of them and goes all the way back to pre-Roman Byzantion, the ancient Greek city which was later renamed Constantinople-New Rome then Istanbul (itself derived from the Greek 'eis ten Polin' - 'to the City').

[@soulsirius]

That eis ten poli theory is made up recently and not true at all. There is a word even forgotten by Turks which is Asitane. This word means capitol in old Turkish. Remember Astana, the name of Kazakhstan, it's the same word. And there is Balig word which means town in old Turkish. Combined Astana Balig became Istanbul. Also istan which is used in many country named originated from the word Astana.

[@Kosovar_Chicken]

@@soulsiriusyours also sounds made up

[@onurcan8434]

It has a history of more than 5 thousand years and has nothing to do with Byzantium.

[@onurcan8434]

@@soulsirius Istan; It is a Semitic - Persian homeland - homeland suffix. You were supposed to change it after you came out of Persian domination, but you didn't..!

[@CaptainHarlock-kv4zt]

​@@Kosovar_ChickenYou are talkin nonsense 😂😂😂😂

[@isimsizoyuncular30orj]

Bro replaced ğ and ı with g and i 💀💀💀💀💀💀

[@demi1789]

cresent moon adapted by islam because of Turks. islam doesn't have symbolism. the turks used crescent moon on top of the dome and minarets that later westerners associated as islamic symbol. old tengristic believe the Red and blue considered holy and used various of banner. The green and blue considered Tengri color. Albayrak : Al as red was also used for Gold . Altai mountain name means golden mountains ... thus When Turks begin to adapted islam they bringed along with their believes in to so crescent moon existed in Turkic culture way back .. Mongolian flag has a crescent moon too(crecent moon and sun (star)) comes from tengrist cult (KunAy). when Turk converted to islam with nomadic nature it begin to for a mysticisms this eventually known as Yasevi. this later firned later bektashi and alevism. and nomadic Red / orange (kizil) begins to form. janisarry ruled with Bektashi ideology that their Reddish banner formed. another factor is Ottoman or old Turks created one of bright Red that they were very proud of for their colors and Rugs. this Red color wanted recreated by Western and failed they even tried to steal it. The famous Andrinople Red or french call it "Rouge d'Andrinople" could only copy created after Turkish rug masters were hired in the west. it very deep how red and crescent moon goes. one thing for sure it has meaning for centuries.

[@Krasno-]

Fun fact: The Crescent moon and star symbol has NOTHING to do with Islam, even though the symbol is used as such.

[@Krasno-]

@JackRyan-ng1bo This old broken song again? Some American archeologist from the late 19th century who couldn't speak a lick of Arabic equated Lah, aka Hubal with Allah and now it's set in stone? There were over 300 Gods in pagan Arabia before Islam, one name as an example is of a Goddess called Allat (omg! it sounds like allah!). The best part about the Quran is that it debunks everything the, mostly christian apologists claim: 41:37 Among His signs are the day and the night, the sun and the moon. Do not prostrate to the sun or the moon, but prostrate to Allah, Who created them ˹all˺, if you ˹truly˺ worship Him ˹alone˺.

[@Krasno-]

@JackRyan-ng1bo Another broken song from the usual suspects. The so called 'satanic verses' are still in the Quran 53:19-53:22 and it's just pointed out the flawed logic of the pagans according to their own logic. 53:23 and onward rejects those very names and debunks them.

[@almazchati4178]

Tuğ is the war time flag. It is made of horse tail. It was raised to announce declaration of war. It is from the steppes.

[@admiral20055]

I dont care who they are I love Turkiye Ottomans & Turks Mr Erdogan,, full package of Turkiye seni seviyorum,,

[@carter.5814]

great video other than some pronounciations sounding arabic and not Turkish :)