How to hang a Turkey flag
Updated: 20 October 2026
The parcel is a printed Turkey flag and a pair of brass eyelets, or four of them, and there is no garden pole in the box. You need the hoist against the wall or the rail before you tie anything, and you need every hole you were given in use. This is how to hang a Turkey flag on a bracket, a rope, or a temporary fixing you already have. It is not a product ranking. The [Turkey flag comparison](/hub/flags/turkey-flag) is the table of what each listing actually includes. We used the amazon.co.uk notes, GOV.UK’s flying-flags guide, and the eyelet methods on the UK pages named below. We did not hang these flags on a building. A qualifying purchase can earn a commission at no extra cost to you.
The parcel is a printed Turkey flag and a pair of brass eyelets, or four of them, and there is no garden pole in the box.
The parcel is a printed Turkey flag and a pair of brass eyelets, or four of them, and there is no garden pole in the box. You need the hoist against the wall or the rail before you tie anything, and you need every hole you were given in use. This is how to hang a Turkey flag on a bracket, a rope, or a temporary fixing you already have. It is not a product ranking. The Turkey flag comparison is the table of what each listing actually includes. We used the amazon.co.uk notes, GOV.UK’s flying-flags guide, and the eyelet methods on the UK pages named below. We did not hang these flags on a building. A qualifying purchase can earn a commission at no extra cost to you.
Our top picks
| Badge | Product | Eyelets | Size on the title | Pole included | Note | Price | Offer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Best overall |  Woiltryn Woiltryn Turkey flag 5×3 ft | Two brass | 5 ft × 3 ft | No | 8.1 | about £5.99 | View offer |
| Alternative |  Runesol Runesol Turkey flag 3×5 ft | Four, every corner | 3 ft × 5 ft | No | 7.8 | about £5.79 | View offer |
| Best value |  BigTree BigTree Turkey flag 3×5 ft | Two brass | 3 ft × 5 ft | No | 7.4 | about £4.99 | View offer |
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Find the hoist before you tie anything
The hoist is the edge that sits against the pole or the wall. On the Turkish flag the white crescent and star sit nearer that edge, not in the middle of the fly and not hard against the free end. Turkish Flag Law No. 2893, in the English construction summary used here, puts the emblem toward the hoist. If you reverse the cloth, the crescent faces the wrong way.
Lay the flag flat before you look for the holes. On a two-eyelet print the holes should be on the hoist, one towards each end of that short edge. A 5 ft by 3 ft flag is about 150 cm along the fly and 90 cm on the hoist, which is the UK retail size, not the official 2:3 proportion. You can still hang it correctly: emblem nearer the support, holes on that same edge. Check the print in daylight before you commit to screws. A thin polyester flag can look pale from the back if the print is only on one side. Woiltryn and RockParty state a double-sided print. Several other large flags in the set do not.
Two eyelets on one edge
Most of the large flags here follow the two-eyelet pattern. Woiltryn, BigTree’s 90 cm by 150 cm flag, and Storm & Lighthouse are sold that way. On a pole you already own, the hoist runs up the staff. Pass a small cord or a flag clip through each eyelet and tie it so the cloth cannot slide down. Leave a little ease. A drum-tight polyester flag tears at the brass when the wind gets under it. Flag and Bunting Store’s note for another national flag with eyelets on one edge is the same idea: those holes are for a pole or a rope, and you take the flag down in high wind.
On a rope, tie the top eyelet and the lower eyelet to the same rope so the hoist stays vertical. If you tie only the top hole, the flag wraps. On a wall, a hook or a screw with a washer through each eyelet holds the hoist flat. Weeprint’s banner advice, written for PVC rather than this polyester, is still the useful rule: use every eyelet, and spread the load with a washer. Drawing pins are a workaround. A Woiltryn review used pins because the holes were on one side only. Pins chew a light print.
A flag with a hole in every corner
Runesol states four brass eyelets, one in each corner, on a 91 cm by 152 cm flag. The seller says that layout can hang landscape or portrait. You still put the crescent nearer the edge you treat as the hoist. The extra holes stop the fly from curling off a fence or a railing. They do not move the emblem.
Use all four. A short cord through each corner, onto a rail, keeps a temporary outdoor hang from flapping into a twisted rope. On a wall, four washers and screws do the same job. If you only tie the two hoist holes and ignore the fly, you have hung a four-eyelet flag as a two-eyelet flag. That is fine on a pole. It wastes the corners on a fence.
RockParty is not this case. The bullets say brass grommets, and one review found a single hole at the top. If that is what arrives, tie the one hole only as a temporary indoor hang, or return the flag. Do not guess a second hole by ripping the hem. One hole will not hold a 150 cm cloth on a windy rail.
No pole in the box
None of the large flags in this comparison includes a garden pole. The only stick in the set is the AZ FLAG desk flag, 15 cm by 10 cm, with a plastic base for a table. Do not try to fly that base from a balcony. For a large flag you use what the building already has.
A balcony rail, a curtain pole that can take the weight, or an existing bracket is enough for a short hang. Loop the hoist eyelets so the crescent stays on that side, and keep the fly inside your own boundary. Easy Flags describes flying from a rail or a bar without a new flagpole. Use that method. Do not use their wider list of which flags need no consent. GOV.UK’s guide is narrower: in England a plain national flag can be flown without advertisement consent when you have the owner’s permission, the hang is safe, you do not hide a transport sign, and you add no extra advertising.
Take it down when the wind rises or the cloth is soaked. A 30 g to 80 g print is not a season-long flag. Fold it dry. A wet polyester flag left in a ball marks the print and stains the hem around the brass. Whether this print should be outside at all is on outdoor or indoor Turkey flag.
When this is no longer a household job
Hanging a finished flag on a bracket, a rail, or a rope you already have is a household job. A new pole in the ground can need planning permission even when the flag itself is consent-free, and that question is sharper in Scotland, where flying a flag sits outside advertisement control but the pole may not. A listed building is the council’s question before you drill masonry. A slogan or a tournament badge added to the national flag is no longer the plain flag in the GOV.UK guide.
If both a Turkey flag and the Union Flag will share one staff, GOV.UK says two consent-free flags may share a staff and the Union Flag flies in the superior position. One staff normally carries one flag. Stop if the only way to hang it is highway land, a neighbour’s wall, or a fixing that covers a road sign. A match day or 29 October changes the format, not the hoist. That choice is on Turkey flag for football and national days.
Common questions
Which edge goes against the wall or the pole?
The hoist. That is the edge with the eyelets on a two-hole flag, and it is the edge the crescent and star sit nearer. The fly, the free edge, hangs away from the support. If you reverse it, the emblem faces the wrong way. Lay the flag flat and check the holes before you tie the first knot.
What if there are only two holes, both on one edge?
That is the normal printed flag. Put that edge on the pole, the rope, or the wall, and use both holes. Woiltryn, the BigTree large flag, and Storm & Lighthouse are sold in that pattern. Tie both. A single top knot lets the cloth wrap and the crescent twist out of sight.
What if only one hole arrived?
Treat it as a fault against a grommet claim, which is what one RockParty review describes. Use that single hole only for a light indoor hang, or send the flag back. Do not cut a second hole through the hem, and do not hang a 150 cm cloth from one eyelet on a windy rail.
Can I use drawing pins?
Only as a short indoor workaround. A Woiltryn review used pins because the holes were on one side and a flat hang had no other fixing. Pins tear light polyester. Hooks or screws with washers through the eyelets are the hang the cloth was made for.
How do four corner eyelets change the hang?
You can hold the fly as well as the hoist, which suits a fence, a railing, or a landscape hang. Runesol states one brass eyelet in each corner. You still keep the crescent nearer the hoist. On a pole, the two hoist holes do the work and the fly holes can stay unused.
Where does the Union Flag sit if both fly?
On one shared staff, GOV.UK’s guide puts the Union Flag in the superior position. Two consent-free flags may share a staff. One staff normally carries one flag. The Turkey flag remains a plain national flag only if you have not added a badge or a slogan.
When should I take it down?
Take it down in high wind and when it is wet, then dry it before you fold it. These prints are listed at about 30 g to 80 g. They are not a cloth to leave up through a gale. A new pole, a listed building, or a mark added to the flag is the point where you ask the council instead of tying another knot.
Related pages
Sources
Public UK and flag-protocol sources from the research digest. Listing prices, stars and review counts are the amazon.co.uk lines used for this comparison, not a live check on 19 October 2026.
- GOV.UK — Flying flags: a plain English guide (retrieved 19 October 2026)
- legislation.gov.uk — Advertisements Regulations 2007, Schedule 1 (retrieved 19 October 2026)
- College of Arms — Newsletter 022 (retrieved 19 October 2026)
- GOV.UK — Union Flag on UK government buildings (retrieved 19 October 2026)
- Flag Institute — British flag protocol (retrieved 19 October 2026)
- Turkish Flag Law No. 2893 (PDF) (retrieved 19 October 2026)
- CRW Flags — English summary of Turkish flag law (retrieved 19 October 2026)
- Flagmakers — Turkey flag (retrieved 19 October 2026)