The coastal region of what is today Libya was ruled by the Ottoman Empire. - from 1551 to 1864, as the Eyalet of Tripolitania (Ottoman Turkish: ایالت طرابلس غرب Eyālet-i Trâblus Gârb). - from 1864 to 1912, as the Vilayet of Tripolitania (Ottoman Turkish: ولايت طرابلس غرب Vilâyet-i Trâblus Gârb).
Ottoman Libya used the standard Ottoman red flag with crescent and star. The Ottomans controlled Libya for nearly 400 years (1551–1911) before losing it to Italy.
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