Kyrgyzstan
Turkmenistan
Bashkortostan
Sakha (Yakutia)
Gagauzia
North Macedonia
BulgariaOn this day: August 17
What happened in the Turkic world on August 17? Famous people born and died on this day, key events and national days.
Events
- 1999
İzmit earthquake
August 1999 earthquake in Turkey - 2012
–13 Süper Lig
55th season of top-tier Turkish football
- 2013
–14 Süper Lig
56th season of top-tier Turkish football
Births
- 1895
Mustafa Topchubashov
Azerbaijani physician (1895–1981) - 1942
Muslim Magomayev
Soviet-Azerbaijani singer
- 1953
Tahsin Ertuğruloğlu
Turkish Cypriot statesperson (born 1953) - 1971
Äset Isekeshev
Kazakhstan Minister of Industry and Trade - 1988
Elvin Mursaliyev
Azerbaijani wrestler
- 1990
Shaquielle McKissic
American basketball player
- 1992
Alexandr Zaichikov
Kazakh weightlifter
- 1992
Nozimakhon Kayumova
Uzbekistani Paralympic athlete - 1993
Diyorbek Urozboev
Uzbek judoka
Deaths
- 1886
Alexander Butlerov
Russian chemist (1828-1886) - 1973
Zinaida Botschantzeva
Russian botanist and embryologist (1907-1973)
- 2018
Halima Xudoyberdiyeva
Uzbek poet
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