from the carpets of the president’s residence to national football team’s uniforms… turkish state’s color has turned to turquoise from the country’s flag’s colors red and white. the change started in 2013, during recep tayyip erdoğan’s prime ministry term and spread rapidly to other state institutions.
uniforms of the parliament police
january 2017: turkish parliament police started wearing turquoise uniforms.
turkish parliament’s carpets
december 2015: prime minister’s office and ministry buildings changed their carpets from red to turquoise.
official stationery equipment of the turkish parliament
2016: calenders, organizers, notebooks turned into turquoise.
president’s and prime minister’s office carpets and ceremonial police forces uniforms
october 2013: with the prime minister recep tayyip erdoğan’s initiative the uniforms of ceremonial police and the carpets has been changed.
high-speed trains
the turkish state railways has opened a poll to determine the colors of the new trains, turquoise was chosen out of 8 by popular vote.
wresling singlets
turkish wrestlers are wearing turquoise singlets at the international matches since the beginning of 2017.
national football team
turkish national team’s uniforms also bears mosaics that reminds the turkish architecture and the chain patterns on it was derived from the ancient warriors. the new uniforms were launched before the uefa euro 2008.
presidential cycling tour of turkey
the champion of the tour wears a turquoise uniform and theme of the race is also turquoise.
what does turquoise mean?
a semi-precious stone, typically opaque and of a greenish-blue or sky-blue colour, consisting of a hydrated phosphate of copper and aluminium.
the word ‘turquoise’ was derived from the pronunciation of ‘turc’ in french, and used to define turkey’s mediterranean shores.