Azerbaijanis in Turkmenistan ( az, Türkmənistan azərbaycanlıları) are part of the

Azerbaijani diaspora The Azerbaijani diaspora are the communities of Azerbaijanis living outside the places of their ethnic origin: Azerbaijan and the Iranian region of Azerbaijan. According to Ethnologue, there were over 1 million Azerbaijani-speakers of the nort ...

. They are Turkmen citizens and permanent residents of ethnic Azerbaijani background.

Azerbaijan Azerbaijan (, ; az, Azərbaycan ), officially the Republic of Azerbaijan, , also sometimes officially called the Azerbaijan Republic is a transcontinental country located at the boundary of Eastern Europe and Western Asia. It is a part of th ...

and

Turkmenistan Turkmenistan ( or ; tk, Türkmenistan / Түркменистан, ) is a country located in Central Asia, bordered by Kazakhstan to the northwest, Uzbekistan to the north, east and northeast, Afghanistan to the southeast, Iran to the sout ...

used to be part of the

Russian Empire The Russian Empire was an empire and the final period of the Russian monarchy from 1721 to 1917, ruling across large parts of Eurasia. It succeeded the Tsardom of Russia following the Treaty of Nystad, which ended the Great Northern War. ...

and later the

Soviet Union The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen national ...

. As of 1989, there were 33,365 Azerbaijanis in Turkmenistan.

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Hajibala Abutalybov Hajibala Ibrahim oglu Abutalybov ( az, Hacıbala İbrahim oğlu Abutalıbov, born May 13, 1944) is an Azerbaijani politician. He was Mayor of Baku between 2001 and 2018 and deputy prime minister of Azerbaijan from 2018 to October 2019. Abut ...

, Mayor of Baku (2001-2018) * Ataya Aliyeva, Azerbaijani actress * Tahir Baghirov, National Hero of Azerbaijan * Rolan Guliyev, kickboxer; World Champion version WPKA (2009); Champion of 2004 Asian Kickboxing; Turkmenistan champion 2004 kickboxing among professionals; two-time champion in kickboxing Azerbaijan (2005 and 2006) among young people * Natavan Habibi, Azerbaijani pop singer *

Elnur Hüseynov Elnur Hüseynov (born 3 March 1987) is an Azerbaijani singer. He was Azerbaijan's representative to perform " Day After Day" at the Eurovision Song Contest 2008 alongside Samir Javadzadeh as duo Elnur and Samir. In 2015, he won the fourth season ...

, one of the two singers who represented Azerbaijan in the

Eurovision Song Contest 2008 The Eurovision Song Contest 2008 was the 53rd edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Belgrade, Serbia, following the country's victory at the with the song "Molitva" by Marija Šerifović. Organised by the European Broadcas ...

* Azhdar Ibrahimov, Azerbaijani Soviet film director * Fakhraddin Musayev, National Hero of Azerbaijan * Ramiz Mustafayev, Azerbaijani composer and conductor *

Tahira Tahirova Tahira Akbar qizi Tahirova ( az, Tahirə Əkbər qızı Tahirova, russian: Таи́ра Акпе́ровна Таи́рова; 7 November 1913 – 26 October 1991) was a Soviet politician and diplomat. She served as Foreign Minister of the ...

, Minister of Foreign Affairs of

Azerbaijan SSR Azerbaijan ( az, Азәрбајҹан, Azərbaycan, italics=no), officially the Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic (Azerbaijan SSR; az, Азәрбајҹан Совет Сосиалист Республикасы, Azərbaycan Sovet Sosialist R ...

(1959–1983)

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Soviet Census 1970: TurkmenistanSoviet Census 1979: TurkmenistanSoviet Census 1989: Turkmenistan
{{Portal bar, Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan Ethnic groups in Turkmenistan Azerbaijani diaspora Azerbaijan–Turkmenistan relations

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