State Flag Day (Azerbaijan)


The Day of the State Flag of Azerbaijan is a state holiday in Azerbaijan. This date is celebrated annually on November 9.

Commemorations

State Flag Day was established in 2009 to commemorate the anniversary of adoption of the flag of Azerbaijan in 1918. It has been a non-working public holiday since 2009. In 2019, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu commemorated the day with a joint video with Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov in which he said that "The freedom, future and prosperity are connected to one another". At the same time, 9 November was declared to be Azerbaijani State Flag Day in the US state of Oklahoma.