2020-02-19 Wed

Turkmenistan celebrates the National Flag Day on February 19 which a national holiday in the country. It marks the day Turkmenistan approved its current national flag on 19th February 1992. First celebrated in 1995, National Flag Day has been marked by festive celebrations and the president's message to the people.

The Turkmen flag has a green background with a vertical red and burgundy stripe, five national carpet patterns, a white crescent and five stars on it. The national flag symbolizes unity, solidarity, and brotherhood. The green color symbolizes the unity of time, life and land. The crescent represents a clear sky and white five-pointed stars are the symbol of the five regions of Turkmenistan.

Turkmenistan had issued a number of stamps depicting the flag of the nation. In the year 1996, Turkmenistan issued a 1,000 Turkmenistani manat stamp to celebrate the Fifth Anniversary of Independence. The stamp depicts Flag and Arms of Turkmenistan. The name of the country is inscribed on the top left and the denomination value at the bottom right.

At a session of the Elders’ Council on 10 October 2017, a decision was made to combine State Flag Day with Constitution Day and to move into May 18.

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