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. |