Turkmenistan

Last modified: 2005-08-19 by victor lomantsov
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by Graham Bartram
Proportions: 2:3
Flag adopted 2001-Jan-24, coat of arms adopted 1992-FEB-19

• Presentation of Turkmenistan
• Flag Description
• 1992 Flag
• 1997 Flag
• Construction sheet
• Flag Day
• Oath of Allegiance
• Detail of the "Carpet"
• President Flag

See also:

• Turkmenian SSR (Soviet Union)
• Central Asian Khanates

Presentation of Turkmenistan

Notes: One of the last Central Asian regions to be brought fully under Russian control, parts of modern Turkmenistan continued to cling to independence until 1884, when the Khanate of Merv was annexed. This Khanate flew a plain red flag. A Turkmen SSR was created in 1925.
Stuart Notholt 25 November 1995

Flag Description

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