Archivo: Flag of the Ottoman Empire

Description: The Ottoman flag. Late Ottoman flag (1844-1923) which was made based on the historical documents listed in the Source section. Note that a five-pointed star was rarely used in the star-and-crescent symbol before the 19th century.
Title: Flag of the Ottoman Empire
Credit: http://www.vicmart.com/ext/en/exrw/item=1416 - Ottoman medal from 1850 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Nordenfelt_submarine_Abd%C3%BClhamid.jpg Ottoman submarine Abdülhamid (1886) Image:Aff_ciwl_orient_express4_jw.jpg - 1888-1889 season timetable of the Orient Express http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Young_Turk_Revolution_-_Decleration_-_Armenian_Greek_Muslim_Leaders.png Photo from 1908 (primary source) http://img148.imageshack.us/img148/62/osmanischemarine4hk1.jpg Photo from 1909 (primary source) http://www.tayyareci.com/digerucaklar/turkiye/preww1/Bleriot%20XI%20b%20TuAF.jpg - Photo from 1912 http://www.manorhouse.clara.net/book2/chapter18.htm and http://www.manorhouse.clara.net/book2/jihad.jpg - Photo from 1914 (primary source) http://www.flickr.com/photos/inanc2/1360902178/sizes/o/in/photostream - Photo from 1914 (primary source) http://www.manorhouse.clara.net/book2/chapter21.htm and http://www.manorhouse.clara.net/book2/crowd.jpg - Photo from 1914 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Ottoman_Navy_at_the_Golden_Horn.jpg - Postcard from 1914 http://www.tayyareci.com/digerucaklar/turkiye/ww1/gothawd12.jpg - Photo from 1915 http://www.tayyareci.com/digerucaklar/turkiye/ww1/gothawd2.jpg - Photo from 1915 http://www.tayyareci.com/digerucaklar/turkiye/ww1/gothawd13.jpg - Photo from 1915 http://www.tayyareci.com/digerucaklar/turkiye/ww1/sakir_feyzi_resimleri2.jpg - Photo from 1915 http://www.tayyareci.com/digerucaklar/turkiye/ww1/S.P.A.D13.JPG - Photo from 1918 http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/79/SultanahmetMitingi.jpg Photo from 1919 http://www.osmanzengin.com/ESKi__iSTANBUL/kararkoy02.jpg - Postcard from 1920 http://www.osmanzengin.com/ESKi__iSTANBUL/tepebasi.jpg - Postcard from 1920 http://www.tayyareci.com/digerucaklar/turkiye/kurtulus/fiat-r2.jpg - Photo from 1920 http://www.tayyareci.com/digerucaklar/turkiye/kurtulus/breguet14b2.jpg - Photo from 1922 http://www.tayyareci.com/digerucaklar/turkiye/kurtulus/nieuport27-2.jpg - Photo from 1922
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