Flag of East Turkestan

The flag of East Turkestan (Uighur: شەرقىي تۈركىستان بايرىقى / Sherqiy Türkistan bayriqi / Шерқий Түркистан Байриқи), also known as the Kökbayraq ("sky flag"), was the national flag of the First East Turkestan Republic (1933–1934). The East Turkestan Flag has a white crescent (young waning moon) with a five pointed star on blue background, it was adopted on 12 November 1933 as the national flag of East Turkestan during Declaration of the Turkish Islamic Republic of East Turkestan.[2] With the exception of the blue background, the flag is identical to the Flag of Turkey.

East Turkestan
NameKökbayraq
UseNational flag and ensign
Proportion2:3
Adopted1933
Relinquished1934
DesignA blue field with a white crescent moon and five-pointed star slightly left of centre.[1]
Variant flag of East Turkestan
UseNational flag and ensign
Proportion2:3
Adopted1944
Relinquished1949
DesignA green field with a white crescent moon and five-pointed star pointing to the upper-left.
Variant flag of East Turkestan
NameVariant flag used by the East Turkistan Government-in-Exile
UseNational flag and ensign
Proportion2:3
Adopted2004
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Usage

In modern times it is popularly used as a symbol of the East Turkestan independence movement and used by the East Turkistan Government in Exile as the national flag of East Turkestan.[3] It is actively used by Uyghur / East Turkistani activists in protests against China's genocide of Uyghurs and the re-education camp system in Xinjiang.

The light blue colour (background) is taken from the colour of the sky and is a predominant colour in Turkic culture that represents the sky, essentially the blue represents Turkic peoples. The crescent represents the notion of being victorious (un-defeatable) and is not necessarily an Islamic symbol, in-fact it was the Turks that introduced the crescent into the Islamic world. The star represents the Turkic nation, it is also found on the flag of the White Hun (Hephthalite) Empire and various other Turkic empires and states.[1]

Colours scheme
Vivid Cerulean White
RGB 0/153/255255/255/255
Hexadecimal #0099FF#FFFFFF
CMYK 100/40/0/00/0/0/0

Dimensions
President of the First East Turkestan Republic, Khoja Niyaz, in front of the flag. January 1934
Construction of the flag
Letter Measure Length
G Width
A Distance between the centre of the outer crescent and the seam of the white band 1⁄2 G
B Diameter of the outer circle of the crescent 1⁄2 G
C Distance between the centres of the inner and outer circles of the crescent 1⁄16 G
D Diameter of the inner circle of the crescent 2⁄5 G
E Distance between the inner circle of the crescent and the circle around the star 1⁄3 G
F diameter of the circle around the star 1⁄4 G
L Length 1+1⁄2 G
M Width of the white hem at the hoist 1⁄30 G
  • Uyghurs holding their flags during a protest event in Munich, Germany
  • Uyghur man with his flag
  • East Turkistan flag in a shop
  • Protesters with the flag of East Turkestan in front of the UN building in New York City
  • Uyghurs holding the flag in an event
  • Uyghur woman dancing in front of the flag in Washington D.C.
  • Uyghur man with the flag

See also

References
  1. "National Flag". East Turkistan Government in Exile. Retrieved 27 March 2021.
  2. Klimeš, Ondřej (3 November 2014). "Nationalism and modernism in the East Turkestan Republic, 1933–34". Central Asian Survey. 34 (2): 162–176. doi:10.1080/02634937.2014.976947. S2CID 144960375. Retrieved 27 March 2021.
  3. Constitution – East Turkistan Government in Exile. Article 4.
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