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Mixed Marriages: On Breaking Stereotypes in Azerbaijan
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Caucasus' Diversity
In the South Caucasus marriages outside the dominant ethnicity or nationality are largely disapproved and Azerbaijan is no exception. A survey carried out in 2010 by the CRRC-Caucasus showed that an average of 90 percent of Azerbaijan’s citizens disapprove marriages with a foreigner with the percentage dropping to 50 percent only in case the husband is a Turk. Inter-racial unions are even rarer and remain taboo - conservative religious and traditional values combined mean that marrying a person from a different race is rare, when not unique.
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