Flags of Azerbaijan

Azerbaijan located in the southwestern part of Asia. It’s neighboring countries are Iran and Russia, it is also bordered by Caspian sea. It’s population consists a majority of Muslims. The flag of Azerbaijan consist of three colors blue, red and green. It is divided equally into three stripes. The color of the top stripe is blue, middle stripe is red and the bottom stripe is green. A crescent accompanied with a eight cornered star is used in the red stripe to represent Islam. The blue color represents its long association with turkey. The red color represents the influence of the European culture. The green color itself represents its islamization. According to a legend, the eight pointed star stands for the eight Turkish people of the world. This classification dates form soviet time.

Azerbaijan is also a member of Commonwealth Countries, though predominantly it is a Muslim state with both Shiite Muslims and Azeri tribes forming one of the most important parts of the general public. There has been civilization in this country since the stone age and there are several monuments all over the country giving this evidence.