The Ottoman Empire, was an imperial realm that spanned much of Southeast Europe, West Asia, and North Africa from the 14th to early 20th centuries.
Design[]
The flag is a red background with a white Star and Crescent in the middle. The flag is near identical to the flag of Turkey.
Variations[]
Military[]
War Flag
Naval Standard
Imperial Standards[]
Standard for the Sultan
Standard for the Caliphate
History[]
The star and crescent design appears on Ottoman flags beginning in the late 18th or early 19th century. The white star and crescent on red as the flag of the Ottoman Empire were introduced in 1844. After the declaration of the Republic of Turkey in 1923, the new administrative regime maintained the last flag of the Ottoman Empire. Proportional standardisations were introduced in the Turkish Flag Law of 1936.
Flag Redesigns[]
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