List of Turkmen flags

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This is a list of flags in Turkmenistan.

National flag and state flag[]

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1991	Proposed National Flag	a tricolour of red, green and black with a golden disc.
	1991	Proposed National Flag	a bicolour of red and green with a golden disc.
	1991-1992	National Flag	a simplified version of the current flag.
	1992-1997	National Flag	a larger green field similar to the current design (without the olive branches).
	1997-2001	National Flag	a larger green field similar to the current design.
	2001-	National Flag	A green field with a vertical red stripe near the hoist side, containing five carpet guls stacked above two crossed olive branches; a white waxing crescent moon and five white five-pointed stars appear in the upper field, to the fly side of the red stripe.

Governmental flags[]

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	2007-	Presidential standard
	2003-	Constitution Flag

Military flags[]

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1991-	Flag of the Ground Forces
	1991-	Flag of the Air Forces
	1991-	Flag of the Naval Forces

Historical flags[]

Iranian Empires and Dynasties (550 B.C.-1860 A.D.)[]

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	550 B.C.-529 B.C.	Standard of the Achaemenid Empire
	224-651	Flag of the Sasanian Empire
	1002-1031	1st Standard of the Ghaznavid Dynasty
	1031-1042	2nd Standard of the Ghaznavid Dynasty
	1037-1194	Flag of the Seljuk Empire
	1153-1231	Flag of the Khwarazmian Empire
	1294-1335	Flag of The Ilkhanate
	1382-1507	Flag of the Timurid Empire
	1504-1524	1st Flag of the Safavid Empire
	1524-1576	2nd Flag of the Safavid Empire
	1576-1588 1598-1722 1726-1732	3rd Flag of the Safavid Empire
	1736-1747	Standard of Nader Shah
	1747-1796	Flag of the Afsharid Dynasty (3 stripes)
	1747-1796	Flag of the Afsharid Dynasty (4 stripes)
	1751-1794	Flag of the Zand Dynasty
	1789-1797	Flag of the Qajar Dynasty
	1789-1797	Royal Flag of the Qajar Dynasty
	1797-1848	Flag of the Qajar Dynasty
	1848-1852	Flag of the Qajar Dynasty
	1852-1860	Flag of the Qajar Dynasty

Turkic Empires (440–1466)[]

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	440-561	Flag of The Hephthalite White Hunnic Empire
	557-581 599-603	Flag of The Göktürk Khaganate
	882-1212	Flag of The Kara-Khanid Khanate
	1241-1466	Flag of The Golden Horde

Uzbek States (1428–1920)[]

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1428-1785	war flag of the Uzbek Khanate and the Khanate of Bukhara
	1511-1917	Flag of the Khanate of Khiva
	1785-1870	Flag of the Emirate of Bukhara
	1917-1920	Flag of the Khanate of Khiva

Kazakh Khanate (1568–1824)[]

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1568-1824	Flag of the Kazakh Khanate

Russia (1824–1917)[]

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1824-1858 1896-1914	Merchant Flag and 2nd State Flag of The Russian Empire	A tricolour of horizontal stripes, white, blue and red.
	1858-1896	1st official State Flag of the Russian Empire and Flag for "Celebrations"	A tricolour of horizontal stripes, black, yellow and white.
	1858-1917	Imperial Russian Standard on land
	1914-1917	Flag for private use; also planned 3rd State Flag	A tricolour of horizontal stripes, white, blue and red, with a yellow canton with the coat of arms.

Russian SFSR and Soviet Union (1917–1991)[]

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1917-1918	First flag of the Russian SFSR	a simple red banner.
	1918-1922	Second flag of the Russian SFSR	A Red banner with stylized "RSFSR" abbreviation in gold Cyrillic letters in the golden bordered honour canton.
	1922-1923	First flag of the Soviet Union	The first flag of the Soviet Union is a red flag with the state emblem in the center and fimbriated in white.
	1923-1924	Second flag of the Soviet Union	The second flag of the Soviet Union with the golden fimbriated canton, adopted shortly after the end of the Russian Civil War.
	1924-1936	Third flag of the Soviet Union	The third flag of the Soviet Union with the golden fimbriate removed.
	1936-1955	Fourth flag of the Soviet Union	similar to the previous flag.
	1955-1991	Fifth flag of the Soviet Union	The fifth and final flag of the Soviet Union, similar to the previous flag with lighter colours.
	1919-1921	Flag of the Turkestan Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic
	1921-1924	Flag of the Turkestan Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic
	1920-1924	Flag of the Khorezm People's Soviet Republic
	1921-1924	Flag of the Bukharan People's Soviet Republic
	1925-1926	1st Flag of the Turkmen SSR
	1926-1937	2nd Flag of the Turkmen SSR
	1937-1940	3rd Flag of the Turkmen SSR
	1940-1953	4th Flag of the Turkmen SSR
	1953-1973	5th Flag of the Turkmen SSR
	1973-1991	6th and final Flag of the Turkmen SSR

See also[]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Flags of Turkmenistan.

• Flag of Turkmenistan
• Emblem of Turkmenistan

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