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The flag of Turkey is a red flag with a white crescent moon and a star in its centre. The flag is called Ay Yıldız (literally, moon star) or Albayrak (Red flag). It was adopted in 1844 with the Tanzimat reforms; though the shape, placement and shade of the colour [clarification needed] vary.
English: Map of Europe with the flag of each country embedded. Included are the UN members/observers that are either geographically partially or entirely located in Europe (which all but Armenia and, arguably, Cyprus are) or a member of the Council of Europe (which all but Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan and the Vatican are). The SVG code is valid.
The flag of Europe or European flag[ note 1] consists of twelve golden stars forming a circle on a blue field. It is the official flag of the European Union. It was designed and adopted in 1955 by the Council of Europe (CoE) as a symbol for the whole of Europe. [ 4]
This gallery of sovereign state flags shows the national or state flags of sovereign states that appear on the list of sovereign states. For flags of other entities, please see gallery of flags of dependent territories. Each flag is depicted as if the flagpole is positioned on the left of the flag, except for those of Iran, Iraq and Saudi ...
Europe is a continent located entirely in the Northern Hemisphere and mostly in the Eastern Hemisphere. It is bordered by the Arctic Ocean to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the west, the Mediterranean Sea to the south, and Asia to the east. Europe shares the landmass of Eurasia with Asia, and of Afro-Eurasia with both Asia and Africa.
Flag of Chuvashia. A yellow flag with a stylized red tree of life charged on the flag, a symbol of rebirth, with the three suns, a traditional emblem popular in Chuvash art. 1999–. Flag of Crimea [ note 1] A horizontal tricolor of a thin blue stripe, a large white stripe, and thin red stripe. 1994–.
The first map to depict Europe in this manner was made by Johannes Bucius Aenicola (1516–1542) in 1537. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] [ 7 ] Though much about the origination and initial perception of this map is uncertain, [ 7 ] it is known that Putsch maintained close relations with Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand I of Habsburg , [ 7 ] [ 8 ] and that the map's ...
Flag of Riga after it joins the Hanseatic League (1282) Flag of Riga given by the Swedish King. Flag of Riga given by the Swedish King variant, according to the Johnson's new chart of national emblems, 1868. Early design of the current flag of Riga in the 17th century, with no coat of arms. Flag of Riga from 1917 until the 1920s.