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Turkey: Customs flags

General Directorate of Customs
Customs administration
General Directorate of Customs Protection
Customs inspection

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Turkey

General Directorate of Customs

image by Zoltan Horvath, 29 November 2024

The General Directorate of Customs is a general directorate affiliated to the Ministry of Trade, working in coordination with the Customs and Foreign Trade Regional Directorates and their affiliated customs directorates, which operate as the enforcers of customs and foreign trade legislation in terms of matters falling within its scope of duty and authority.

Its flag is based on the national flag, but a narrow green frame is placed around the crescent and star emblem.

Image of flag: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/

Zoltan Horvath, 29 November 2024

Customs administration

Flag of the customs administration, as seen on 24 April 2014 in the port of Kuşadası, and its construction sheet - Images by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 2 May 2014

The flag of the customs administration is rectangular, red with a white orle and a white crescent and star.

Klaus-Michael Schneider, 2 May 2014

Flag of the customs administration, as shown in Flaggenbuch (1939) - Image by Željko Heimer, 19 April 2003

Flaggenbuch (1939) [neu92] shows the flag with a wider green orle.

Flag of the customs administration, left, as show in National Geographic (1917), right, as shown in Flaggenbuch (1926) - Images by Željko Heimer, 19 April 2003

A similar flag was already shown in National Geographic (1917) [gmc17], but with a white orle.
Flaggenbuch (1926) [d9e26] shows the same flag, but in unsual proportions, 1:2. The crescent and star are quite different frome those used for the national and presidential flags in the same source. This was long before technical specifications were established for the flag (1936).

Željko Heimer, 19 April 2003

Flag of the customs administration - Image by Željko Heimer, 19 April 2003

Other sources (Album des Pavillons [pay00], Znamierowski [zna99] and Pedersen (1971) [ped71]) show the flag with the white orle placed closer to the center of the flag.

Željko Heimer, 19 April 2003

General Directorate of Customs Protection

image by Zoltan Horvath, 29 November 2024

The General Directorate of Customs Protection is a special law enforcement agency responsible for controlling international transports to the country, checking goods and passenger movements, and enforcing laws that prevent economical losses due to smuggling offenses.

The Album des Pavillons 2023 illustrates the flag titled as ‘Customs Inspection’. Its flag is horizontally divided red over white, with a wide green border all around.
Zoltan Horvath, 29 November 2024