Flag of the Republic of Azerbaijan
Description
- Three horizontal bands of blue, red, and green with a white crescent and eight-pointed star centred on the red band
- Originally adopted in 1918 by the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic and restored on 5 February 1991 during independence from the USSR
Trivia
- Popularly described as representing 'Turkism, modernism, and Islam' after a formulation attributed to early nationalist thinker Ali bey Huseynzade
- The eight points of the star are sometimes said to symbolise the eight branches of the Turkic peoples
- Azerbaijan was the first majority-Muslim country to grant women the vote, in 1918 under the flag's original adoption
Flag of Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan's flag consists of three equal horizontal bands of blue, red, and green with a white crescent and eight-pointed star centred on the red band. The design was first adopted in 1918 by the short-lived Azerbaijan Democratic Republic and restored on 5 February 1991 during the country's restoration of independence from the Soviet Union.
Popular interpretation, attributed to the early 20th-century thinker Ali bey Huseynzade, reads the flag as standing for "Turkism, modernism, and Islam" — the blue band for Azerbaijan's Turkic heritage, the red for modernisation and progress, and the green for the faith of the Muslim majority. The white crescent reinforces the Islamic symbolism, and the eight points of the star are sometimes said to represent the eight branches of the Turkic peoples.
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