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User profile for user: najm65
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Emoji flags Kurdistan

Hello Apple and its employees, please help us and do not encourage us to resort to Unicode because they do not add the flag emoji of any country, but we are Kurdish people We Kurds consist of 44 million Kurds. Our country, language, clothes and culture are Kurdish and we are different from any other country and language We are an independent country can not add the flag of our country, Apple should respect the Kurds and Kurdistani as an achievement and implement this small request for us to create emoji Kurdistan is full of shops, centers and companies selling Apple goods and bringing Apple goods must be independent of Apple Be careful and avoid political plans on the grounds that Kurdistan is not an independent country, but must respect all those who own shops, centers, companies and people who own Apple goods Thank you very much for your support.

iPhone 8 Plus

Posted on Aug 10, 2023 4:01 PM

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User profile for user: Kurt Lang
Kurt Lang
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Posted on Apr 4, 2024 7:47 AM

It will never happen. The Unicode Consortium is no longer accepting any flag requests.


https://blog.unicode.org/2022/03/the-past-and-future-of-flag-emoji.html


That, and the flags that exist are for countries. Regional flags were never considered, which is why there are no individual state flags for the 50 U.S. states. Only the United States flag is represented.


Kurdistan is a region that sprawls across Turkey, Syria, Iran and others. It is not a country unto itself.



Per the Unicode Consortium:


If the Emoji Subcommittee recommends the addition of a Catalonia flag emoji, then it looks like favoritism unless all the other subdivisions of Spain are added.


That's what you're asking. That a subdivision, that is not a separate country at all, be given leeway that no one else is allowed.

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User profile for user: Kurt Lang
Kurt Lang
User level: Level 9
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Apr 4, 2024 7:47 AM in response to najm65

It will never happen. The Unicode Consortium is no longer accepting any flag requests.


https://blog.unicode.org/2022/03/the-past-and-future-of-flag-emoji.html


That, and the flags that exist are for countries. Regional flags were never considered, which is why there are no individual state flags for the 50 U.S. states. Only the United States flag is represented.


Kurdistan is a region that sprawls across Turkey, Syria, Iran and others. It is not a country unto itself.



Per the Unicode Consortium:


If the Emoji Subcommittee recommends the addition of a Catalonia flag emoji, then it looks like favoritism unless all the other subdivisions of Spain are added.


That's what you're asking. That a subdivision, that is not a separate country at all, be given leeway that no one else is allowed.

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