What is Flag of Turkmenistan?
[[Image:Flag of Turkmenistan.svg|thumb|250px|right|[[Image:FIAV 111000.svg|20px]] Flag ratio: 2:3]] The '''flag of Turkmenistan''' was adopted on [[January 24]], [[2001]] in the 2:3 ratio as [[Turkmenistan]]'s national flag, though the flag was adopted in the 1:2 ratio on [[February 19]], [[1992]]. It is often described as the most detailed [[national flag]] in the world. It features a green field with a vertical red stripe near the [[Flag terminology#Description of standard flag areas|hoist]] side, containing five [[carpet]] [[gul]]s (designs used in producing rugs) stacked above two crossed [[Olive tree|olive]] branches similar to those on the flag of the [[United Nations]]; a white waxing [[crescent moon]], typical of [[Turkic peoples|Turkic]] symbology, and five white [[five-pointed star]]s appear in the upper corner of the field just to the [[Flag terminology#Description of standard flag areas|fly]] side of the red stripe. The green and red colors appear in this flag because they have been venerated historically by the Turkmen. The waxing crescent moon symbolizes the hope of the country for a shining future and the stars represent the five [[province]]s ([[Provinces of Turkmenistan|Welayatlar]]) of Turkmenistan-[[Ahal Province|Ahal]], [[Balkan Province|Balkan]], [[Daşoguz Province|Dashhowuz]], [[Lebap Province|Lebap]], and [[Mary Province|Mary]]. The five traditional carpet designs along the hoist represent the five major [[tribes]] or houses, and form motifs in the country's state emblem and flag. These Turkmen tribes in traditional order (as well as top to bottom) are [[Teke]] ([[Tekke]]), [[Yomut carpet|Yomut]] ([[Yomud]]), [[Arsary]] ([[Ersary]]), [[Chowdur]] ([[Choudur]]), and [[Saryk]] ([[Saryq]]). The [[Salyr]] ([[Salor]]), a tribe that declined as a result of military defeat before the modern period, are not represented, nor are several smaller tribes or subtribes. The wreath is one of the odder parts of the flag, added against the rules of [[heraldry]] and breaking up the carpet pattern. It was