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Elaziğ (District Municipality, Turkey)

Last modified: 2022-11-19 by ian macdonald
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Flag of Elaziğ - Images by Tomislav Šipek, 4 November 2017, and Jens Pattke, 12 October 2012, respectively


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Flag of Elaziğ

The flag of Elaziğ (photo) is white with the municipality's emblem. The former flag of Elaziğ (photo) was white with a very similar emblem. "Belediyesi" means "Municipality".

Tomislav Šipek, 4 November 2017


City Council

[Flag] image by Tomislav Šipek, 5 December 2019

The flag of the Elaziğ City Council (photo) is white with the council's emblem. "Kent Konseyi" means "City Council".

Tomislav Šipek, 10 December 2019


Municipalities

Akçakiraz

[Flag] image by Tomislav Šipek, 5 November 2017

The municipality of Akçakiraz (6,508 inhabitants in 2013) is located 15 km south of Elazığ.

The flag of Akçakiraz (photo, photo) is white with the municipality's emblem. "Belediyesi" means "Municipality".
The emblem recalls that Elazığ Airport (official website) is situated on the municipal territory of Akçakiraz. Elazığ Airport was opened for military purposes in 1940 and it was opened to civil utilization in 1960. The airport, serving only domestic traffic, has two runways (1,720 m X 42 m; 3,000 m x 45 m)

Tomislav Šipek, 5 November 2017


Mollakendi

[Flag] image by Tomislav Šipek, 7 November 2019

Mollakendi is located 15 km of Elazığ.

The flag of Mollakendi (photo, photo, photo) is white with the municipality's emblem. "Belediyesi" means "Municipality". The emblem features the mosque erected in 1635 by Sultan Murad IV (reign, 1623-1640), immediately adjacent to the tomb of mullah Ahmet Peykeri.

Local legends report that the sultan met the mullah for the first time in 1635 during the Ottoman–Safavid War (1623–1639). Upon recommendation of the Mollakendi notables but fearing usurpation, the sultan sent him an amred escort and acrazy horse. The mullah showed up and the horse was immediately tamed, which proved Peykeri's holiness. The mullah predicted the seizure of the strategic town of Revan, asking the sultan to come back to him with a enemy's head. In the meantime, he brought the soldiers to a barley field and asked them to pick up ears. After the victory, the sultan asked the mullah what kind of support he had offered him. Peykeri showed the enemy's head with barley ears stuck in the eyes, explaining his recommendation to the soldiers.
Murad ordered to erect a mosque in Mollakendi. Back to the town three years later, he learned with sorrow that the mullah had passed away and ordered the building ot the tomb.
Historians believe that there was no settlement before the arrival of the mullah, which was probably commissioned by the ruler of Erzincan to settle in Elazığ.
[Municipal website]

Tomislav Šipek & Ivan Sache, 9 November 2019


Yazıkonak

[Flag] image by Tomislav Šipek, 18 January 2022

The new flag is white with a new logo.
http://hizmet-is.org.tr/faaliyetlerimiz/toplu-is-sozlesmeleri/elazig-yazikonak-belediyesi-ile-toplu-is-sozlesmesi-imzalandi/

Tomislav Šipek, 18 January 2022

Former flag

[Flag] image by Tomislav Šipek, 5 November 2017

The flag of Yazıkonak (photo) is white with the municipality's emblem. "Belediyesi" means "Municipality".

Tomislav Šipek, 5 November 2017


Euphrates University

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Flag of FÜ - Image by Ivan Sache, 5 December 2017

FÜ (website), established on 11 April 1975 in Elazığ, is composed of 13 Faculties, 3 Vocational Schools and 4 Institutes.

The flag of FÜ (photo, photo, photo, photo, photo, photo, photo, photo, photo) is white with the university's emblem. On the flag, the lettering around the graphical element of the emblem is dark red instead of black, as it is on the stand-alone emblem.

Ivan Sache, 5 December 2017


Professional boards

Elaziğ Chamber of Commerce and Industry

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Flag of the Elaziğ Chamber of Commerce and Industry - Image by Ivan Sache, 31 May 2018

The flag of the Elaziğ Chamber of Commerce and Industry (photo, photo, photo, photo, photo, photo, photo) is white with the organization's logo.

Ivan Sache, 31 May 2018


Elaziğ Commodity Exchange

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Flag of the Elaziğ Commodity Exchange - Image by Ivan Sache, 4 September 2019

The flag of the Elaziğ Commodity Exchange (photo) is white with the organization's emblem.

Ivan Sache, 4 September 2019


Elazığ Haberkent Gazetesisi

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Flag of Elazığ Haberkent Gazetesisi - Image by Ivan Sache, 10 November 2019

Elazığ Haberkent Gazetesi (Elazığ Town's News) is self-styled "a daily independent newspaper".
The flag of the newspaper (photo) is white with the newspaper's emblem, which is made of a red map of Turkey superimposed with "HaberKent" in blue letters outlined in white. The URL of the newspaper's website, "http://www.elazighaberkent.com" is added in small white letters above "Kent". The motto, "Günlük bağımsız siyasi gazete", is written in bigger white letters beneath "Haber".

Ivan Sache, 10 November 2019