The Six Arrows

The arrows represent the fundamental pillars of Kemalism, Turkey's founding ideology.

[1] These are Republicanism, Folkism, Nationalism, Laicism, Statism, and Reformism.

[4] The principles of the Six Arrows were added to the Turkish Constitution on 5 February 1937.

[5] Republicanism (Turkish: Cumhuriyetçilik) is the main idea of the Republican People's Party (CHP) that embraces the sovereignty of the Republic of Turkey, encouraging civic awareness that the sovereignty belongs just to the people.

According to the CHP, the idea positions the people above everything and roots of the sovereignty are sourced by the nation.

Flag of the Republican People's Party
Atatürk's Six Main Principles symbolized by the Six Arrows.