<P> Also from 14 October to 13 November 2016 the flag of Thailand was flown half - mast for 30 days; following the death of King Bhumibol Adulyadej (Rama IX). </P> <P> The flag of Turkey is flown at half - mast throughout Turkey every 10 November, between 09: 05 and the sunset, in memory of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, who died on 10 November 1938 at five past nine in the morning . At other times, the government may issue an order for the national flag to be flown at half - mast upon the death of principal figures of the Turkish political life as a mark of respect to their memory (such as Turgut Özal). When such an order is issued, all government buildings, offices, public schools and military bases are to fly their flags at half - mast . To show the sympathy of Turkish people to a foreign leader, flags are also flown at half - mast by governmental order (such as after the deaths of Yasser Arafat or Pope John Paul II). The flag at the Grand National Assembly in Ankara is never lowered to half - mast, regardless of the occasion . The flag at Anıtkabir, the mausoleum of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the founder of Turkey, is only lowered to half - mast on November 10 . At those times when the flag is to be flown at half - mast, it must first be raised to full height, then lowered to half - mast . </P> <P> The flag of the United Arab Emirates is flown at half mast on 30 November (Martyrs' Day) of every year from 08: 00 to 11: 30 . The flag is also flown at half mast by decree of the President of the United Arab Emirates usually for three days . Each of the seven Emirs has the right to order flags to be flown at half mast in his Emirate . </P> <P> The Royal Standard, the flag of the British monarch, is never flown at half - mast, because there is always a living monarch: the throne passes immediately to the successor . </P>

When can flags be flown at half mast