East Turkestan

The Flag of East Turkestan or Kökbayraq ("sky flag") is the flag of that primarily represents the Uyghur community. It was originally used as the national flag of the short-lived breakaway state known as the First East Turkestan Republic (1933–1934). The Kökbayraq has a white crescent (young waning moon) with a five pointed star on blue background, it was adopted on 12 November 1933 as the national flag of the First East Turkestan Republic during the Declaration of independence. In modern times it is popularly used as a symbol of Uyghur Diaspora and is also claimed by the East Turkistan Government in Exile to be the national flag of an independent East Turkestan. It is consistently used by Uyghur activists in protests against China's genocide of Uyghurs and the re-education camp system in Xinjiang.
The flag's appearance bears a striking similarity to the Turkish flag, but there are major differences that are unique to the Kökbayraq. The light blue colour background is taken from the colour of the sky and is a predominant colour in Turkic culture that represents the sky, essentially the blue represents Turkic peoples. The crescent represents the notion of being victorious and is not necessarily an Islamic symbol, in-fact it was the Turks that introduced the crescent into the Islamic world. The star represents the Turkic nation, it is also found on the flag of the White Hun Empire and various other Turkic empires and states.
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