Emblems of Turkey

The coat of arms of the Sultan was abolished from usage after the abolition of the Ottoman sultanate in 1922. In its stead, the star and crescent on the flag was adopted. Three years later, in 1925, Ministry of Education opened a contest for determining another official coat of arms and artist Namık İsmail's design won. İsmail's design featured a red shield charged with a white star and crescent. Underneath there was a grey wolf, connected to Oghuz Turkic mythology, standing on a spear. The shield was surrounded by a garland of wheat and oak leaves, with a medallion depicting Ottoman alphabet letters ت and ج for "توركیه جمهوریتی" (Türkiye Cumhuriyeti), Republic of Turkey. Above the shield was placed a lit torch, symbolising the country's independence. However, the new coat of arms was never registered as an official coat of arms, and was never used subsequently. File:Proposed national emblem of Turkey 1925.svg|Namık İsmail's proposed design == Use by government bodies ==

Red circle with white star and crescent A circular section of the red flag of Turkey containing the white crescent and star is used in the current emblems of a number of Turkish ministries and governmental institutions, in the emblem of the Grand National Assembly, and as the flag badge on the uniforms of Turkish national sports teams and athletes. It was also used on the old (non-digital) Turkish identity cards. File:Turkey emblem round.svg|Circular flag used as a badge by the national sports teams and athletes, and for other semi- and quasi-official purposes File:Seal of the Turkish Parliament (Türkiye Büyük Millet Meclisi).svg|Seal of the Grand National Assembly (parliament) File:Seal of Prime Ministry of the Republic of Turkey.svg|Seal of the Prime Ministry (historic) Coat of arms of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in The Hague, Netherlands, with the oval-shaped ambassadorial escutcheon which is derived from the oval shield at the center of the Ottoman coat of arms. The Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs often uses a red oval-shaped escutcheon which takes its colour from the Turkish flag, while its shape echoes the oval shield at the center of the late 19th-century Ottoman coat of arms. The escutcheon contains a gold-tone crescent and star which are vertically oriented (with the star on top) and surrounded by the gold-tone text T.C. Dışişleri Bakanlığı. A variant of this oval escutcheon (containing the gold-tone text Türkiye Cumhuriyeti Büyükelçiliği) is used by the Turkish embassies. File:Republic of Türkiye Ministry of Foreign Affairs logo.svg|Seal of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs File:Tc buyukelcilikamblem.svg|Variant used by the Embassies File:TC Consulate–General Emblem.svg|Variant used by the Consulate-Generals Presidential seal The seal of the president of Turkey has a large 16-pointed star in the center, which is surrounded by 16 five-pointed stars, symbolizing the 16 Great Turkic Empires. Its appearance is regulated by law. File:Emblem of the Presidency of Turkey.svg|Presidential Seal of Turkey File:Emblem of the Presidency of Turkey (white).svg|Presidential with no background ==See also==