Azerbaijanis in Germany

Azerbaijanis in Germany

Total population
(15,219 (Census 2006))
Regions with significant populations
Berlin, Cologne, Bremen, Hamburg, Mainz, Frankfurt am Main, Munich, Düsseldorf, Stuttgart etc
Languages
Azerbaijani, German, Persian, Russian, Turkish,
Religion
Shia Islam

Most Azerbaijanis living in Germany have emigrated there from the south of Turkey, Iran, and Azerbaijan.

The first settlers from Azerbaijan in Germany were Iranian Azerbaijanis; other Azerbaijanis came from their birthplace in Turkey and began to settle in Germany in the 1960s, when the Azerbaijani population in Germany amounted to 190,000 people. A second wave of migration of Azerbaijanis manifested itself during and after the Nagorno-Karabakh War.

Notable people

• Aziz Asli– is an Iranian retired football goalkeeper, manager and actor from Iranian Azerbaijanis.
• Franghiz Ali-Zadeh– is an Azerbaijan composer and pianist.
• Akbar Behkalam – is painter and sculptor from Iranian Azerbaijanis.
• Igor Lukanin – is an ice dancer who competes internationally for Azerbaijan.
• Sinan Şamil Sam – is a Turkish-Azeri heavyweight professional boxer.
• Ilham Mammadov – Azerbaijani footballer.
• Misha Bolourie – poet and paints from Iranian Azerbaijanis.
• Rahim Rahmanzadeh – Surgeon and Physician from Iranian Azerbaijanis.
• Ali Samadi Ahadi – is an Iranian-German filmmaker and scriptwriter.

See also

• Azerbaijani diaspora
• Iranians in Germany
• Turks in Germany

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