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    Flag of Azerbaijan

    Flag of Azerbaijan
    A horizontal tricolour of blue, red, and green, with a white crescent and an eight-pointed star in the centre.
    Country
    Azerbaijan
    Capital
    Baku
    Continent
    Asia
    Adopted
    1991
    Colours
    Blue, Red, Green

    What does the flag of Azerbaijan mean?

    The blue stripe is for Turkic heritage, the red for progress, and the green for Islam. The eight-pointed star signifies the eight branches of the Turkic peoples.

    Colours and what they stand for

    • Blue

      Turkic heritage.

    • Red

      Modernisation and progress.

    • Green

      Islamic civilisation.

    History

    Originally adopted in 1918, it was readopted in 1991 after the Soviet period.

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