Turkmenistan Flag

Flag History

The crescent and stars represent faith in a bright future, while the white symbolizes serenity and kind-heartedness. The five stars symbolize the five velayats (regions): Ahal, Balkan, Dashhowuy, Lebap and Mary. They also stand for the 5 senses. The five points of each star symbolize the five states of matter: solid, liquid, gaseous, crystalline and plasmatic. The vertical stripe along the hoist bears 5 major guls of the Turkemenian carpets. Each gul is a symmetrical medallion, in some cases divided into four quarters in couterchanging colors. Major guls are repeated in rows or in a checkered pattern on the central field of the carpet, and minor guls appear on the border. The reflect the national idenetity of Turkmenistan where carpets were part of traditional nomadic life, used for floor-covering, furniture, sack and bags and to decorate camel an horse trappings.

Flag Date of Adoption

1992

Flag Symbolism

green field with a vertical red stripe near the hoist side, containing five carpet guls (designs used in producing rugs) stacked above two crossed olive branches similar to the olive branches on the UN flag; a white crescent moon and five white stars appear in the upper corner of the field just to the fly side of the red stripe

Turkmenistan National Anthem

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Anthem History

name: "Garassyz, Bitarap Turkmenistanyn" (Independent, Neutral, Turkmenistan State Anthem)

lyrics/music: collective/Veli MUKHATOV

note: adopted 1997, lyrics revised in 2008, to eliminate references to deceased President Saparmurat NYYAZOW

Anthem Lyrics English

The great creation of Turkmenbashy,

Native land, sovereign state,

Turkmenistan, light and song of soul,

Long live and prosper for ever and ever!

I am ready to give life for native hearth,

The spirit of ancestors descendants are famous for,

My land is sacred. My flag flies in the world

A symbol of the great neutral country flies.

The great creation of Turkmenbashy,

Native land, sovereign state,

Turkmenistan, light and song of soul,

Long live and prosper for ever and ever!

My nation is united and is veins of tribes

Ancestors’ blood, undying flows,

Storms and misfortunes of times are not dreadful for us,

Let us increase fame and honour!

The great creation of Turkmenbashy,

Native land, sovereign state,

Turkmenistan, light and song of soul,

Long live and prosper for ever and ever!

Mountains, rivers and beauty of steppes,

Love and destiny, revelation of mine,

Let my eyes go blind for any cruel look at you,

Motherland of ancestors and heirs of mine!

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