Azerbaijanis in Germany

The main reasons for this flow were the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, the increase in the number of refugees, as well as the economic crisis.

In 2015,[4] the expert on migration issues Azer Allahveranov[5] said that hundreds of Azerbaijanis anticipate a deportation from European countries according to the readmission agreement.

[9] There is the Society of Azerbaijan Culture (German Aserbaidschanischer Kulturverein) (chairman Jumali Turan) in Stuttgart.

[9] There is the Society for Friendship and Culture between Azerbaijan and Germany (German Aserbaidschanisch-Deutscher Freundschaft und Kulturverein) (chairman Asad Rahimov) in Nuremberg.

In 1996, all the Azerbaijani communities in Germany were united in a single organization – the Federation of German-Azerbaijani Societies (FGAO).

Since October 2004, the Institute of Culture named in honor of Nizami Ganjavi has started functioning in Berlin.

The Azerbaijani people who live in Germany now have an opportunity to visit the city of Baku for a week, becoming a participant in the so-called project "My Motherland – Azerbaijan".

The project itself was organized as a result of the activities of the State Committee for Work with the Diaspora and the Germany-Azerbaijan Friendship Society.

The meeting was attended by the chairmen and activists of the organizations – Samira Pater-Ismayilova, Etibar Ganiyev, Bashar Komur, Agahuseyn Babayev, Tarana Taghiyeva, Tofiq Garaev, Elnur Richter, and others.

The existing problems in the field of ensuring the participation of Azerbaijanis, who live in Europe, in social and political life, were discussed.

[19][20][21] Cultural night was organized at Berlin History Museum in September 2011 on the occasion of 20th anniversary of the independence of the Republic of Azerbaijan, besides cultural evenings were held in Munich, Shtutgart, Cologne, Hamburg in 2013, in Hanover, Düsseldorf, Dresden in 2014, in Frankfurt in 2015 organized by Heydar Aliyev Foundation with support of Azerbaijani Embassy in Germany.