Flag of Gagauzia

The flag is the official flag of Gagauzia Gagauzia ( Gagauz Yeri - ) and was officially confirmed by the adopted by the Gagauz Parliament on 31 October 1995 law.

Description

The flag consists of three stripes:

• The upper stripe is blue and has a width of 3 /5 of the width of the flag
• The center strip is white and has a width of 1 /5 of the width of the flag
• De bottom stripe is red and has a width of 1 /5 of the width of the flag

Three yellow stars are set on the blue stripes. The diameter of each star is 3 /20 of the width of the flag and the distances between the stars are 3 /10 of the width of the flag.

History

With the collapse of the Soviet Union, Moldova gained its independence in 1991. On August 19, the Gagauz proclaimed their own state. Between 1991 and 1994, a light blue flag with red wolf's head was used on a white plate and yellow ornaments on the leech in that State. It was first used in an underground meeting in October 1989 in Comrat. In Turkish, the flag was named Kökbayrak (Blue Flag).

The flag of the Gagauz attacks on symbols of the Cuman Empire ( 1061-1240 ). The light blue symbolizes the sky god Tengri, to believe the ancestors of the Gagauz. The name was originally Gagauz Gökoğuz. The word gök comes from the Turkish and means sky, Oğuz means Oghuse The wolf comes from the Turkish mythology. After the Asena Legend was a boy who was the sole survivor of a defeated tribe, rescued by a she-wolf. She eventually gave birth to twins, half man, half wolf, who became the ancestor of the Gagauz. Because of the legend of the wolf is a symbol of various Turkish national movements, such as the Grey Wolves.

Then in 1992 a flag was adopted as the official state symbol, corresponding to the present. Only the stars were missing. The Gagauz National Museum in Comrat makes it from a copy of the flag. Here you will also find a document from 1993 showing a black and white drawing of the flag with a symbol, instead of the three stars. In today's exhibition space came on 28 July 1993 along the first Gagauz government.

On 23 December 1994 it was agreed with Moldova partial autonomy of Gagauzia. On 31 October 1995, finally, the flag was adopted in its present form with the Law No. 2 -IV / 1 of the National Assembly. The unofficial Wolf flag can be found today are still at various sites on the net. The fact that it represents the Turkic people of the Gagauz, unlike the citizens of Gagauzia, which also include other ethnic groups, can not be independently confirmed. But have their web pages often a Turkish national background. Also unclear is the status of a light blue flag with yellow, black-rimmed plate with a black wolf's head. Also it seems from the time of the independence movement of the Gagauz people to come around 1990.