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Flag of the Republican People's Party
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk with the Six Arrows on his collar

The Six Arrows (Turkish: Altı Ok) is the symbol and flag of the Turkish Republican People's Party (CHP). The arrows represent the fundamental pillars of Kemalism, Turkey's founding ideology.[1] These are Republicanism, Populism, Nationalism, Laicism, Statism, and Reformism.[2] The arrows are believed to have been conceived by İsmail Hakkı Tonguç[3], a Turkish scientist who made significant contributions to the Turkish education system.[4] The principles of the Six Arrows were added to the Turkish Constitution on 5 February 1937. From August 1938 the flag was hoisted at all official buildings.[5]

See also

References

  1. ^ Vahram Ter-Matevosyan. "Turkey, Kemalism and the Soviet Union: Problems of Modernization, Ideology and Interpretation." 2019. London & New York: Palgrave Macmillan
  2. ^ Solak, Mustafa (5 February 2018). "Altı Ok Anayasa'ya nasıl eklendi?". Aydınlık (in Turkish). Archived from the original on 8 June 2018. Retrieved 8 June 2018.
  3. ^ 1930’lar Türkiye’sinde Kemalizm Algılamaları, Hakkı Uyar
  4. ^ "İsmail Hakkı Tonguç kimdir?". www.biyografi.info. Retrieved 1 May 2019.
  5. ^ Kreiser, Klaus (2012). Die Geschichte der Türkei. München: C.H. Beck. p. 51. ISBN 9783406640667.