The Turkish Flag

In the 19th century the offical flag of the Ottomans was red. On the flag there was a white star with eight points and a white crescent.
In the time of Abdülmecid(1839-1861) the star became five-pointed.
When Mustafa Kemal and his friends set up the republic, they did not change the flag. They only fixed the size of flag.
On their national holidays Turkish people decorate the streets, squares, offical buildings, blocks of flats and houses with flags. They love their flag and houses with flags. They love their flag and they call it "the red banner" or "al sancak".