Turkmenistan

WHAT THE FLAG MEANS ◢

A green field with a vertical carpet-pattern stripe near the hoist bearing five guls above two crossed olive branches, alongside a white crescent and five white stars. Article 22 of the constitution provides only that the state symbols exist and that their description and use are established by law, so it neither describes the flag nor assigns it a meaning. The five guls are conventionally read for the major Turkmen tribes and the five stars for the provinces, the green and the crescent for Islam, and the olive branches for the permanent neutrality recognised in 1995.

Turkmenistan FACTS ◢

DID YOU KNOW? ◢

• Around 80% of the country is covered by the Karakum Desert.
• Its Darvaza gas crater, nicknamed the 'Door to Hell', has been burning continuously since the 1970s.
• The Akhal-Teke horse, famed for its metallic sheen, is a national symbol.
• Its capital, Ashgabat, holds a record for the highest concentration of white-marble buildings in the world.

Turkmenistan QUICK ANSWERS ◢

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