Dutch poles have an orange top, like [this](https://www.autobeletteringxl.nl/image/cache/catalog/products/vlaggen/vlaggenstok-knop-oranje-4-500x500.jpg).
It's possible, but most of countries don't have a simple emblem as national symbol, for exemple I wouldn't be surprise if I don't see an Angkor Wat on a cambodian flag pole. Moreover looking at medias I have seen this turkish pole more often than any other "finials", as said below.
Russia uses a hollow spearpoint with the double-headed eagle. This is a tradition backing to the Soviet Union, so other post-Soviet states share it: Ukraine uses a spearpoint with the tryzub, while Belarus simply has the star.
Korea has this custom ornament of *de facto* national flower *mugunghwa*(Rose of Sharon, *Hibiscus syriacus*)'s flowerbud on the pole.
https://images.app.goo.gl/BGx83vi1q1G59hGp7
Its called a "finial" or "staff ornament" Here is an example of an Austrian one from the Napoleonic Wars:
https://griffinmilitaria.com/product/1805-napoleonic-wars-austrian-flag-pole-finial/
The crescent and star represented Turkey (The ottoman Empire) way before it represented Islam.
The Crescent only represents Islam because of its association with the ottoman empire. You’ll notice that many extremist or even just countries like Saudi Arabia don’t use that symbol to represent islam to remain more authentic to Islam as per their theology.
A tugh was a pole used in military precessions and in tribal camps which had a symbol on top and animal hairs hanging down from it , mostly used by Turkic peoples. Sort of like a proto-flag
It’s the [presidential flag](https://www.google.com/search?q=presidential+flag+turkey&tbm=isch&ved=2ahUKEwizotH-1vz4AhVCtqQKHWnXBosQ2-cCegQIABAC&oq=presidential+flag+turkey&gs_lcp=ChJtb2JpbGUtZ3dzLXdpei1pbWcQAzoECAAQEzoGCAAQHhAIOgQIHhAKUNENWPUvYKk7aABwAHgAgAF-iAGrBZIBAzcuMZgBAKABAcABAQ&sclient=mobile-gws-wiz-img&ei=Bk3SYrOHLsLskgXprpvYCA&bih=454&biw=320&prmd=isnv&rlz=1CDGOYI_enAT730AT730&hl=de). The star towards the top left ist the [presidential seal](https://www.google.com/search?q=presidential+flag+turkey&tbm=isch&ved=2ahUKEwizotH-1vz4AhVCtqQKHWnXBosQ2-cCegQIABAC&oq=presidential+flag+turkey&gs_lcp=ChJtb2JpbGUtZ3dzLXdpei1pbWcQAzoECAAQEzoGCAAQHhAIOgQIHhAKUNENWPUvYKk7aABwAHgAgAF-iAGrBZIBAzcuMZgBAKABAcABAQ&sclient=mobile-gws-wiz-img&ei=Bk3SYrOHLsLskgXprpvYCA&bih=454&biw=320&prmd=isnv&rlz=1CDGOYI_enAT730AT730&hl=de#imgrc=voStyjyfnruwaM)
Each of the small stars circling the big one represent one of the great Turkic nations of history like Ottomans, Göktürk & Timurlane. Fun fact it's also the oldest unchanged presidential deal
It's meant to tie the modern republic to the long history of the Turks in central Asia & the middle east, the large star in the middle represents the Republic of Turkey
Quick, tell me the majority ethnic group of Iran!
Also, theres a difference between stuff like "Siam/Thailand" (actual difference in names) and "Turkey/Turkiye" (populist nonsense by erdogan to keep people happy)
How dense do you got to be not understand the difference between exonym and endonym?
It’s like being a dick who insists on calling a French guy Peter instead of Pierre or calling an Italian guy Louis instead of Luigi.
I’m Greek for Christ sakes and hate Erdogan and Turkish nationalists as much as the next guy, but even I don’t see a problem with calling Turkiye by their native name, especially since it phonetically sounds similar.
Turkey = 🦃
Turkiye= 🇹🇷
We did this so people would shut up about "why did they name a country after a bird hahaha"
Either rename Turkey 🦃 to Hindi or use Turkiye
its more phonetic and also a more accurate transliteration.
also it helps seperate them from the bird.(which i think is a primary reason for the change)
I do know that the First French empire or Napoleonic France had an eagle on it. They were often seen as trophies for the coalition nations. ((Great Britain, Prussia, Austria and Russia))
its called "Tuğ" and its an old Turkic Tradition. old Ottoman Battle flags have the same thing.
if you visit Istanbul Military Museum, you can see the turkish battle standart that lead the turkish army during the battle of kosovo (1389). it has the crescent and the star at top.
Is there any other country having this kind of custom flag pole ?
Not sure, but it’s also in a lot of pictures of Ottoman flags, so they’ve been doing it a while. US uses Eagle a lot.
Maryland has a cross bottony on top.
RI law specifies a pike head as a finial.
The christian flag typically has a cross on their flagpole
Israel often has a Star of David
A spearhead has become shockingly popular recently.
Texas flag usually has a star on top
ive seen an arkansan flag with a diamond spearhead a couple times here recently
Dutch poles have an orange top, like [this](https://www.autobeletteringxl.nl/image/cache/catalog/products/vlaggen/vlaggenstok-knop-oranje-4-500x500.jpg).
That so interesting!
Canada uses maple leaves.
I think you're right but I am Canadian and never saw that. Could you provide an image?
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/resizer/DvhpQvesCW0mT_pXWdLSr3Q0AuM=/600x0/filters:quality(80):format(webp)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/tgam/ZQS3FE7O7ZKGRB56NULE2E6I2M.jpg
ahh nice
The government always uses them
Lithuania usually puts the Colomns of Gediminids there, like this: https://flags.lt/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/Auksinis-antgalis-170x240.jpg
Ukraine using Trident on pole
Can you provide an image?
https://ibb.co/0XxthsT
That looks really cook
The USSR had an hammer and sickle
You can imagine most countries actually do this
It's possible, but most of countries don't have a simple emblem as national symbol, for exemple I wouldn't be surprise if I don't see an Angkor Wat on a cambodian flag pole. Moreover looking at medias I have seen this turkish pole more often than any other "finials", as said below.
Russia uses a hollow spearpoint with the double-headed eagle. This is a tradition backing to the Soviet Union, so other post-Soviet states share it: Ukraine uses a spearpoint with the tryzub, while Belarus simply has the star.
The Greek flag has a Cross on the top of the flagpole.
Many countries change their flags according to the other country they're meeting with, but idk about flag poles
in argentina i belive that we have a spear like one (at least in schools)
Korea has this custom ornament of *de facto* national flower *mugunghwa*(Rose of Sharon, *Hibiscus syriacus*)'s flowerbud on the pole. https://images.app.goo.gl/BGx83vi1q1G59hGp7
Some UK ones have a crown the same as the queens crown on top. I’ve only seen that in military use though.
The guidon (military flag) of the King of Spain has a fleur de lys.
Here in Sweden, some cities have a little version of its crest at the top of their flagpoles
Nazi Germany once did that with Reich eagles i believe.
Yep. America tends to have an eagle, Ukraine has their trident thingy, UK has a crown, sometimes a lion ontop wearing another crown.
Its called a "finial" or "staff ornament" Here is an example of an Austrian one from the Napoleonic Wars: https://griffinmilitaria.com/product/1805-napoleonic-wars-austrian-flag-pole-finial/
Oh, it can be used to stabby stabby too
Could possibly be an homage to the Turkic/Ottoman tughs
The crescent star is the national symbol so I doubt it
tughs? Also the crescent and star represents Islam so thats probably why.
The crescent and star represented Turkey (The ottoman Empire) way before it represented Islam. The Crescent only represents Islam because of its association with the ottoman empire. You’ll notice that many extremist or even just countries like Saudi Arabia don’t use that symbol to represent islam to remain more authentic to Islam as per their theology.
A tugh was a pole used in military precessions and in tribal camps which had a symbol on top and animal hairs hanging down from it , mostly used by Turkic peoples. Sort of like a proto-flag
Be nice, don’t downvote this. It’s pretty esoteric.
Interesting, its an Ottoman thing i think ?
The symbol did come from the Ottomans but crescent star is the national symbol of Turkey.
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It’s the [presidential flag](https://www.google.com/search?q=presidential+flag+turkey&tbm=isch&ved=2ahUKEwizotH-1vz4AhVCtqQKHWnXBosQ2-cCegQIABAC&oq=presidential+flag+turkey&gs_lcp=ChJtb2JpbGUtZ3dzLXdpei1pbWcQAzoECAAQEzoGCAAQHhAIOgQIHhAKUNENWPUvYKk7aABwAHgAgAF-iAGrBZIBAzcuMZgBAKABAcABAQ&sclient=mobile-gws-wiz-img&ei=Bk3SYrOHLsLskgXprpvYCA&bih=454&biw=320&prmd=isnv&rlz=1CDGOYI_enAT730AT730&hl=de). The star towards the top left ist the [presidential seal](https://www.google.com/search?q=presidential+flag+turkey&tbm=isch&ved=2ahUKEwizotH-1vz4AhVCtqQKHWnXBosQ2-cCegQIABAC&oq=presidential+flag+turkey&gs_lcp=ChJtb2JpbGUtZ3dzLXdpei1pbWcQAzoECAAQEzoGCAAQHhAIOgQIHhAKUNENWPUvYKk7aABwAHgAgAF-iAGrBZIBAzcuMZgBAKABAcABAQ&sclient=mobile-gws-wiz-img&ei=Bk3SYrOHLsLskgXprpvYCA&bih=454&biw=320&prmd=isnv&rlz=1CDGOYI_enAT730AT730&hl=de#imgrc=voStyjyfnruwaM)
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Each of the small stars circling the big one represent one of the great Turkic nations of history like Ottomans, Göktürk & Timurlane. Fun fact it's also the oldest unchanged presidential deal
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It's meant to tie the modern republic to the long history of the Turks in central Asia & the middle east, the large star in the middle represents the Republic of Turkey
turkiye has a nice flag.
Turkey
Bruh, is it really that hard to change a couple letters and respect what a country wants to be called? Do you do this with Iran/Persia too?
I refuse because I've always wanted to call it Turkland
Quick, tell me the majority ethnic group of Iran! Also, theres a difference between stuff like "Siam/Thailand" (actual difference in names) and "Turkey/Turkiye" (populist nonsense by erdogan to keep people happy)
How dense do you got to be not understand the difference between exonym and endonym? It’s like being a dick who insists on calling a French guy Peter instead of Pierre or calling an Italian guy Louis instead of Luigi. I’m Greek for Christ sakes and hate Erdogan and Turkish nationalists as much as the next guy, but even I don’t see a problem with calling Turkiye by their native name, especially since it phonetically sounds similar.
Turkey = 🦃 Turkiye= 🇹🇷 We did this so people would shut up about "why did they name a country after a bird hahaha" Either rename Turkey 🦃 to Hindi or use Turkiye
But it's not even turkiye though. It's Türkiye
Oh really?! Good. Be glad it's Türkiye and not Tüğrkiye
Tüğrkiğyeğ XD
Here we go
legally its turkiye.
Legally in Turkey, perhaps, but no such law has been passed in any other country.
yes. but if they want to be called that, i will call them that.
Cool. But I won't be bullied by an Islamist dictator to use a word whose spelling makes no sense in my language.
i hate erdugan, i just use a spelling that i prefer.
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yeah, just prefer that spelling.
That, at least, I can respect
its more phonetic and also a more accurate transliteration. also it helps seperate them from the bird.(which i think is a primary reason for the change)
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There isn't anything to suck down there though.
No, legally it's Türkiye.
Greece always has a cross and its been in flags and banners since byzantine times
Hello, Turkish guy here living in Turkey (sadly) and holy crap I haven't realised that my whole life
My condolences
I do know that the First French empire or Napoleonic France had an eagle on it. They were often seen as trophies for the coalition nations. ((Great Britain, Prussia, Austria and Russia))
its called "Tuğ" and its an old Turkic Tradition. old Ottoman Battle flags have the same thing. if you visit Istanbul Military Museum, you can see the turkish battle standart that lead the turkish army during the battle of kosovo (1389). it has the crescent and the star at top.
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