Editing Turul (section)

== Modern use ==
[[File:1904 Sasd 60filler.jpg|thumb|upright=.7|Kingdom of Hungary first issue (1900) with image of Turul]]

The Turul is used as in the design of coats of arms of the [[Hungarian Defence Forces]], the [[Counter Terrorism Centre]] and the [[Nemzetbiztonsági Hivatal|Office of National Security]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite journal |date=7 September 2021 |title=Honvédelmi közlöny |trans-title=National defense bulletin |url=http://www.kozlonyok.hu/kozlonyok/Kozlonyok/13/PDF/2021/9.pdf |journal=Honvédelmi közlöny |language=Hungarian |issue=Ministry of Hungarian Defence Forces |pages=1050–1051}}</ref><ref>Tom Warhol, [https://books.google.com/books?id=YkepQQWk-TQC&dq=Turul+Hungarian+nobility&pg=PA158 Birdwatcher's Daily Companion: 365 Days of Advice, Insight, and Information for Enthusiastic Birders], Marcus Schneck, Quarry Books, 2010, p. 158</ref><ref>István Dienes, [https://books.google.com/books?id=IDQ9AAAAIAAJ&q=+symbol+of+power+among+their+nobility The Hungarians cross the Carpathians], Corvina Press, 1972, p. 71</ref> The central element of the emblem of the [[Hungarian Defence Forces]] is the Turul bird with extended wings holding the sword of King [[Stephen I of Hungary|Saint Stephen]] in its claws.<ref name=":1" />

There were 3 large Turul statues, each with a wingspan of 15 metres, in [[Kingdom of Hungary]] (before the country had its borders reconfigured by the [[Treaty of Trianon]]). The last of the three stands on a mountain near [[Tatabánya]], [[Hungary]], but the other two were destroyed. It is the largest bird statue in Europe, and the largest bronze statue in [[Central Europe]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://info.worldbank.org/etools/docs/library/19619/Documents+and+Settings/wb230542/Desktop/KECITIES/Course_Modules/4713.htm |title=Archived |archive-date=October 27, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201027171032/http://info.worldbank.org/etools/docs/library/19619/Documents+and+Settings/wb230542/Desktop/KECITIES/Course_Modules/4713.htm |website=info.worldbank.org}}</ref>
There remain at least 195 Turul statues in Hungary, as well as 48 in [[Romania]] (32 in [[Transylvania]] and 16 in [[Partium]]), 8 in [[Slovakia]], 7 in [[Serbia]], 5 in [[Ukraine]], 1 in [[Austria]] and 1 in Croatia. One of the most recently erected, {{as of|2012|9|29|lc=yes}}, on [[Michael (archangel)|St Michael the Archangel]]'s Day, is in Hungary's [[Ópusztaszer National Heritage Park]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://index.hu/belfold/2012/09/29/orban_uj_torvenyek_vilaga_kozeledik/|title=Orbán: Új törvények világa közeledik|website=index.hu|date=29 September 2012 }}</ref>

Some of the [[Kingdom of Hungary]] postage stamps issued after 1900 feature the Turul.
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File:Emblem of the Hungarian Defence Forces.svg|Emblem and flag of the [[Hungarian Defence Forces]]
File:Insigne du Terrorelhárítási Központot (TEK).svg|Logo of the [[Counter Terrorism Centre]]
File:Emblem of the Constitution Protection Office of Hungary.svg|Logo of the [[Constitution Protection Office]]
File:Hungary-50-forint-2001.jpg|Coin of 50 forint in Hungary, depicted with [[saker falcon]], several authors identify the Turul with saker falcon
File:Flag of Banate of Leitha.svg|Flag of [[Lajtabánság|Banate of Leitha]] (1921)
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