Nationalist Movement Party (Turkey)

Milliyetçi Hareket Partisi - MHP

Last modified: 2006-10-07 by ivan sache
Keywords: milliyetci hareket partisi | nationalist movement party | crescents: 3 (white) |
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Flag of the MHP - Image by Onur Özgün, 9 August 2001

• Flag of the MHP
• Use of the MHP flag by football supporters

See also:

• Turkey
• Turkey: Political flags

Flag of the MHP

The flag of the MHP, adopted in February 1969, is same as the one which was used by the army of Ottoman Empire in early times. It is made of three white crescents on a red field.
The above image was drawn after the party website and television images.

Onur Özgün, 9 August 2001

Use of the MHP flag by football supporters

Variant of the MHP flag - Image by Ivan Sache, 27 June 2003

The flag of the MHP has often been seen used by football fans. Indeed, a variant of the official flag of the MHP (see above) was seen Monday 23 June in the Geoffroy-Guichard Stadium in Saint-Etienne (France), during the Turkey-Brazil (2-2) match of the Confederations' Cup.
On that flag, the size and placement of the crescents was different, the crescents being similar to the "regular" crescents seen on the Turkish flag. There was apparently only one "MHP flag" among the flood of Turkish flags.

Ivan Sache, 27 June 2003