Coat of arms of Turkey : The blazon of unofficial Turkey, is of oval form and has a bottom Gules with a crescent (half-moon) and a silver star.
It is only used for international diplomacy1. It is inspired by the coat of arms of the Ottoman Empire.
Flag of Turkey : The flag of Turkey is the national flag and the national flag of the Republic of Turkey. It consists of a waning moon and a five-pointed star, both white in color, on a red background.
star and croissant : One (or more) star (s) near a crescent moon forms the basis of one of the widely spread symbols around the world.
It is known that the Turkish flag, and the equivalent "national symbol" of the Turks, comes from a symbol of Byzantium, not of the Empire, but of the Byzantio city that existed in the place of Istanbul (Constantinople).
Independence anthem : İstiklâl Marşı (Independence March) is the national anthem of the Republic of Turkey. It was written by Mehmet Akif Ersoy and officially adopted on March 12, 1921.
The fez is a male felt hat, often red, truncated cone-shaped, adorned with a black tassel attached to the top. This borderless cap, originally from ancient Greece, was adopted by many ethnic and religious groups during the following centuries and especially in the Ottoman Empire of the nineteenth century. In its long history, the fez was worn by several peoples, including Greeks, Arabs, Berbers, Turks, Levantines and various populations of Muslim religion. Nowadays, it is more and more rarely worn.
Saz is a long-handled lute found in Iran, Iraq, the Caucasus, Crimea (Tatars), Turkey, Greece, and parts of the Balkans. The word, of Persian origin, has several meanings in Turkish, which can be confusing: it can mean any kind of musical instruments, a particular family of plucked string instruments (object of this article), or the bağlama (short or long handle), the most common instrument of this family, as well as the tamboor.
Turkish coffee (türk kahvesi in Turkish), a Turkish coffee, is a decoction-made coffee drink. The name "Turkish" does not refer to a proven historical paternity but to the spread of this method of preparation through the Ottoman world.
Loukoum, or rahat loukoum, is a confectionery of Ottoman Turkish origin, also integrated in gastronomies that is to say in all countries related to the Ottoman Empire. This confectionery is made of a paste based on starch and sugar, flavored, sprinkled with icing sugar and sometimes garnished with dried fruits, usually almonds, hazelnuts or pistachios.
