Flag of East Turkestan


The flag of East Turkestan, often referred to as the East Turkestan flag and also known as Kökbayraq, was the national flag of the First East Turkestan Republic. It substituted the old flag with blue crescent on white background and Shahada, that was adopted on 12 November 1933, during Declaration of the Turkish Islamic Republic of East Turkestan, when Khoja Niyaz retreated from Aksu from advancing Dungans and came to Kashgar with 1,500 troops to assume the Presidency of East Turkestan Republic on 13 January 1934.

Usage

In modern times it is popularly used as a symbol of the East Turkestan independence movement. It was used by Uyghur activists in protests involving China’s reeducation camp system in Xinjiang.
The star and the moon on the flag of East Turkestan represents Islam and the blue represents the sky.

Colors

In a RGB colour space, the blue of the East Turkestan flag is composed of 101/183/255 ; in hexadecimal colour code #65B7FF. In a CMYK colour space, it is composed of 58% cyan, 19% magenta, 0% yellow and 0% black.

Dimensions

LetterMeasureLength
GWidth
ADistance between the centre of the outer crescent and the seam of the white band G
BDiameter of the outer circle of the crescent G
CDistance between the centres of the inner and outer circles of the crescent G
DDiameter of the inner circle of the crescent G
EDistance between the inner circle of the crescent and the circle around the star G
Fdiameter of the circle around the star G
LLength G
MWidth of the white hem at the hoist G

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