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May 18· State day
Constitution and State Flag Day
A public holiday honouring Turkmenistan's Constitution and its green, carpet-patterned flag.
On 18 May 1992 the first Constitution of independent Turkmenistan was adopted, defining the country as a democratic, law-based and secular state. The state flag had been adopted on 19 February of the same year.
The flag of Turkmenistan is green; a vertical red stripe near the hoist carries the carpet guls of five tribes — Teke, Yomut, Ersari, Chowdur and Salyr — with olive branches beneath it and a white crescent and five stars beside it. It is the only flag in the world with a carpet design.
A joint holiday
18 May is celebrated in Turkmenistan as Constitution and State Flag Day. Flowers are laid at the Constitution monument opened in Ashgabat in 2011, and flag-raising ceremonies, conferences and concerts take place across the country.
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Photos
Monument to the Constitution in Ashgabat · Tinss / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 
The Constitution monument close up · Tinss / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 
The carpet guls on the Turkmen flag · Flag_of_Turkmenistan.svg: Author: Zscout370 derivative work: RainbowSilver2ndBac / Wikimedia Commons · Public domain 
Turkmen carpet patterns · Bayram A / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 
The Mejlis building in Ashgabat · OSCE Parliamentary Assembly from Copenhagen, Denmark / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0 
The giant flagpole in Ashgabat · Own Work / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0 
White marble buildings in Ashgabat · Bjørn Christian Tørrissen / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
Turkmenistan: other days
- January 1New Year's Day
- January 27Defenders of the Fatherland Day
- March 8International Women's Day
- March 21National Spring Festival (Nowruz)
- AprilTurkmen Horse Day
- May 9Victory Day
- May 25Ashgabat City Day
- MayTurkmen Carpet Day
- June 27Day of Culture Workers and Magtymguly Pyragy's Poetry
- September 27Independence Day
- October 3Founding of the Organization of Turkic States
- October 6Remembrance Day (1948 earthquake)
- NovemberHarvest Day
- December 12Neutrality Day
- December 21Memorial Day of the First President S. A. Niyazov
- 10 Dhu al-Hijjah in the Islamic calendar — the feast of the Hajj pilgrimage; moves about 11 days earlier each yearEid al-Adha
- 1 Shawwal in the Islamic calendar — the end of the Ramadan fast; moves about 11 days earlier each yearEid al-Fitr