"Science is the most real guide for civilisation, for life, for success in the world. To search for a guide other than science is absurdity, ignorance and heresy." — Mustafa Kemal the Father of the Turks

The arrows represent the fundamental pillars of Kemalism, Turkiye's founding ideology. These are Republicanism, Populism, Nationalism, Laicism, Statism, and Reformism. The arrows are believed to have been conceived by İsmail Hakkı Tonguç, a Turkish scientist who made significant contributions to the Turkish education system. The principles of the Six Arrows were added to the Turkish Constitution on 5 February 1937. From August 1938 the flag was hoisted at all official buildings. 



                                                                                              :𐰾𐰚𐰔𐰋𐰤:𐰖𐰃𐰡𐰺:𐰉𐰺:𐰆𐰞𐰣:
                                                                                                 :𐰇𐰲𐰋𐰃𐰤:𐰖𐰃𐰡𐰺:𐰖𐰔𐰣:
                                                                                    :𐰢𐰃𐰠𐰠𐱅𐰠𐰼𐰤:𐰴𐰑𐰼𐰤𐰃:𐰲𐰃𐰔𐰢𐱁:
                                                                                           :𐰇𐰠𐰚𐰠𐰠𐰼𐰃:𐰇𐰠𐰚𐰾𐰔:𐰸𐰆𐰢𐱁:
                                                                                       :𐰴𐰍𐰣𐰞𐰞𐰺𐰃:𐰴𐰍𐰣𐰽𐰔:𐰉𐰃𐰺𐰴𐰢𐱁:
                                                                                              :𐰓𐰇𐱁𐰢𐰣𐰞𐰺𐰃:𐰃𐱅𐰀𐰀𐱃𐰴𐰺:
                                                                                              :𐰉𐱁𐰞𐰞𐰺𐰀:𐰉𐱁:𐰃𐰏𐰓𐰼𐰢𐱁:
                                                                                       :𐰓𐰃𐰔𐰠𐰠𐰼𐰀:𐰓𐰃𐰔:𐰲𐰜𐱅𐰇𐰼𐰢𐱁:
                                                                                                    · · · 𐱃𐰞𐰺𐰢𐰣:𐰑𐰣𐰀:

                                                                                     :!𐰤𐰀:𐰢𐰆𐱃𐰞𐰆:𐱅𐰇𐰼𐰜𐰢:𐰓𐰃𐰘𐰤𐰀: