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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. Uyghurs and other East Turkistanis in the diaspora fly the flag as their ethnic flag.
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