Western Asia
Azerbaijan
A horizontal tricolour of blue, red, and green with a white crescent and eight-pointed star centered on the red band. It revives the flag first used by the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic in 1918.
Adopted
1991
Proportion
1:2
Colours
4
Colours & their meaning
Blue
Officially associated with the Turkic heritage of the Azerbaijani people.
Red
Officially associated with progress and the building of a modern state.
Green
Officially associated with Islam.
White
Used for the crescent and star; no separate official colour symbolism is generally specified.
Symbols & emblems
Crescent
A symbol associated with Islam and Turkic identity in Azerbaijani usage.
Eight-pointed star
Commonly explained as representing the eight letters of ‘Azerbaijan’ in Arabic script or the eight branches of Turkic peoples.
Did you know?
The flag was first adopted in 1918, suppressed during the Soviet period, and restored in 1991.