Design a flag acceptable to both communities

cannedmoose

Here's my first stab at it. Based upon the old Republic of Cyprus flag, but with elements designed to incorporate the 'nations' of the island. The blue of the Greek Cypriots, sits side by side with the red of Turkish Cypriots, with the white band in the middle denoting peace between them. The inclusion of the map and olive branch reinforce this.

cannedmoose · Posted: Mon Aug 15, 2005 4:31 pm Post subject:

Surely we can do better than the flag proposed by the Annan Plan competition...

brother · Posted: Mon Aug 15, 2005 4:31 pm Post subject:

Looks a bit like the french flag but otherwise a good looking flag mate.

brother · Posted: Mon Aug 15, 2005 4:32 pm Post subject:

The annan plan flag was hideous and should be burnt and buried so no poor soul has the misfortune of ever seeing it again.

cannedmoose · Posted: Mon Aug 15, 2005 4:35 pm Post subject:

brother · Posted: Mon Aug 15, 2005 4:38 pm Post subject:

It will be interesting to see what others come up with, but the current Republic of Cyprus flag was designed by a Turkish Cypriot who just created it on a scrap of paper.

cannedmoose · Posted: Mon Aug 15, 2005 4:47 pm Post subject:

I think you need a flag that not only represents the people of the country, but is also interesting to look at and interesting for little kids to draw. The old Cyprus flag was good in that it was simple, but it said little about the people of the country or its history. My proposal attempts to show that Cyprus does have two historical communities who owe their allegiance to different cultural traditions, but can exist within one space in peace. At least thats the hope.

Of course... we could always return to the colonial flag... Wink

brother · Posted: Mon Aug 15, 2005 4:50 pm Post subject:

You are asking for it moosey but hey its not the end of the world. Laughing

cannedmoose · Posted: Mon Aug 15, 2005 4:50 pm Post subject:

It'd certainly keep the kids busier for a longer time than drawing the AP flag Very Happy

brother · Posted: Mon Aug 15, 2005 4:55 pm Post subject:

Lets not talk about the AP flag, it makes me want to be sick. Wink

Bananiot · Deputy Joined: 13 Aug 2005 Posts: 1214 Location: Nicosia

Your idea is excellent moose, I like it very much. I think keeping the map with the two olive tree branches is a good idea.

P.S. How do you import photos?

cannedmoose · Posted: Mon Aug 15, 2005 5:04 pm Post subject:

Thanks for the feedback Bananiot, I did actually submit it for the AP competition, but it seemed they didn't like it Crying or Very sad

As for importing photos, I uploaded it to www.xs.to and then linked to it.

city · Posted: Mon Aug 15, 2005 11:53 pm Post subject:

Nice try Moose. Seems I have posted my opinion in the wrong thread.

http://www.visionmatters.co.uk/cyprusBB/viewtopic.php?p=665#665

Still trying to catch up on what you guys wrote in the last four days....

Crash Test Dummy · Posted: Tue Aug 16, 2005 1:09 am Post subject:

i think that there should be a flag like no others because cyprus is its own country.

magikthrill · Mukhtar/is Joined: 14 Aug 2005 Posts: 630 Location: NYC

personally, i dont like the blue and red in the flag at all. however, i am not sure if Turkish Cypriots will be able to live w/out a carbon copy of the Turkish flag in general so I guess red will be inevitable and hence so will blue in order to balance things out.