The Six Arrows

Flag of the Republican People's Party

Mustafa Kemal Atatürk with the Six Arrows on his collar

The Six Arrows (Turkish: Altı Ok) is the symbol and flag of the Turkish Republican People's Party (CHP). The arrows represent the fundamental pillars of Kemalism, Turkey's founding ideology.^[1] These are Republicanism, Populism, Nationalism, Laicism, Statism, and Reformism.^[2] The arrows are believed to have been conceived by [tr],^[3] a Turkish scientist who made significant contributions to the Turkish education system.^[4] The principles of the Six Arrows were added to the Turkish Constitution on 5 February 1937. From August 1938 the flag was hoisted at all official buildings.^[5]

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^ Vahram Ter-Matevosyan. "Turkey, Kemalism and the Soviet Union: Problems of Modernization, Ideology and Interpretation." 2019. London & New York: Palgrave Macmillan
^ Solak, Mustafa (5 February 2018). "Altı Ok Anayasa'ya nasıl eklendi?". Aydınlık (in Turkish). Archived from the original on 8 June 2018. Retrieved 8 June 2018.
^ 1930’lar Türkiye’sinde Kemalizm Algılamaları, Hakkı Uyar
^ "İsmail Hakkı Tonguç kimdir?". www.biyografi.info. Retrieved 1 May 2019.
^ Kreiser, Klaus (2012). Die Geschichte der Türkei. München: C.H. Beck. p. 51. ISBN 9783406640667.

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[1] Vahram Ter-Matevosyan. "Turkey, Kemalism and the Soviet Union: Problems of Modernization, Ideology and Interpretation." 2019. London & New York: Palgrave Macmillan

[Solak_2018-2] Solak, Mustafa (5 February 2018). "Altı Ok Anayasa'ya nasıl eklendi?". Aydınlık (in Turkish). Archived from the original on 8 June 2018. Retrieved 8 June 2018.

[3] 1930’lar Türkiye’sinde Kemalizm Algılamaları, Hakkı Uyar

[4] "İsmail Hakkı Tonguç kimdir?". www.biyografi.info. Retrieved 1 May 2019.

[5] Kreiser, Klaus (2012). Die Geschichte der Türkei. München: C.H. Beck. p. 51. ISBN 9783406640667.

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The Six Arrows

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