The fundamentals of the Turkish Flag were laid down by Turkish Flag Law No. 2994 of May 29, 1936.
Turkish Flag Regulation No. 2/7175 dated July 28, 1937, and Supplementary Regulation No. 11604/2
dated July 29, 1939, were enacted to describe how the flag law would be implemented. The Turkish
Flag Law No. 2893 dated September 22, 1983, and Published in the Official Gazette on September 24,
1983, was promulgated six months after its publication. According to Article 9 of Law No. 2893, a
statute including the fundamentals of the implementation was also published.
The Major Scale is G, the Height of Falg.
A= Distance of outer circle center to left margin= 1/2 G
B= Outer circle diameter = 1/2 G
C= Distance between outer and inner circle centers = 1/16 G
D= Innner circle diameter = 2/5 G
E= Star circle - inner circle distance= 1/3 G
F= Star circle diameter = 1/4 G
L= Width of the Flag = 1 1/2 G
M= Left Margin, Width of the seam band (White) = 1/30 G
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Further reading: Origin of the Crescent and Star, by Polat Kaya