Coat of arms of the Ottoman Empire, Grand Bazaar - Istanbul, Turkey
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N 41° 00.612 E 028° 58.203
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Coat of arms of the Ottoman Empire located at Grand Bazaar
Waymark Code: WMGM30
Location: Türkiye
Date Posted: 03/18/2013
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Every sultan of the Ottoman Empire had his own monogram, called the tughra, which served as a royal symbol. A coat of arms in the European heraldic sense was created in the late 19th century. The final design was adopted by Sultan Abdul Hamid II on April 17, 1882. It included two flags: the flag of the Ottoman Dynasty, which had a crescent and a star on red base, and the flag of the Islamic Caliph, which had three crescents on a green base.
Some graphic elements of the coat of arms of the Ottoman Empire such as the central oval and the vertically-oriented crescent and star were re-edited in the current semi-official emblem of the Republic of Turkey.
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