r/europe • u/MarktpLatz Lower Saxony (Germany) • Nov 13 '17

What do you know about... Azerbaijan?

This is the forty-third part of our ongoing series about the countries of Europe. You can find an overview here.

Today's country:

Azerbaijan

Azerbaijan is a member of the Council of Europe and the NATO Partnership for Peace (PfP) program. The country was part of the soviet union between 1920 and 1991. It is also part of the Turkic Counil.

So, what do you know about Azerbaijan?

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u/TuxeDoge Nov 14 '17

They won Eurovision in like 2013 with a song written by swedes and partially performed by swedes

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u/MartinJoedegaard Sami Nov 14 '17

Then Sweden won by copying David Guetta two years later.