Emblem of Turkey
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The Republic of Turkey is one of the states that do not have an official coat of arms. There exists a logo used by many government institutions. The logo is a red oval containing a vertically-oriented crescent and star from the Turkish flag surrounded by the official name of the country in Turkish.
In 1925, the Ministry of Education (Maarif Vekâleti) initiated a competition to select a national coat of arms. The winner was the design by painter Namık İsmail Bey. However, the choice was not approved as an official coat of arms.