Flag_of_East_Turkestan
Kökbayraq
Flag of the East Turkestan independence movement
The Kökbayraq (lit. 'sky flag') is a flag used to represent the geographical region of East Turkestan in Central Asia. The flag 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 Declaration of independence.[2] With the exception of the blue background, the flag is identical to the Flag of Turkey.
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As of 2024, the public display of the Kökbayraq flag is illegal by the Central People's Government of the People's Republic of China.[3] Uyghurs and other East Turkistanis in the diaspora fly the flag as their ethnic flag.