[VEXILLOLOGY / THE MIDDLE EASTERN GRAPHIC DESIGN / NATIONALIST SYMBOLS] [A rare print of proposed design for the national emblem of New Turkey in 1925, supplemented by Turkish Life magazine, designed by Turkish artist Namik Ismail]

ISMAIL, NAMIK (Turkish painter) (1890-1935). Hayat Magazine, Istanbul, 1927. Extremely rare chromolithographed print as a supplement of “Hayat Mecmuasi” No. 6 of 1927, including Turkish artist Namik Ismail's proposed design for the national emblem of New Turkey designed in 1925. This coat of arms depicts a white wolf that was part of the founding myth of the Ancient Central Asian Gokturk Empire. This white wolf is the symbol of the Pan-Turkism movement that aimed at unifying Turks across all nations culturally and politically. The ninth page of the periodical involved an article including a detailed description of this coat of arms.    After the proclamation of the Republic, New Turkey did not have (and still does not) an official coat of arms. Instead, where the coat of arms is required, de facto (Turkish ID cards, passports, etc) a red crescent and star without a background is used. In 1925, the Turkish Ministry of Education announced a competition, and it was won by the artist Nami