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On this day: August 23

What happened in the Turkic world on August 23? Famous people born and died on this day, key events and national days.

Events

  1. 1921 Battle of Sakarya 1921 battle

Births

  1. 1895 Jamshid Nakhchivanski Azerbaijani Soviet general (1895–1938)
  2. 1919 Vladimir Abramovich Rokhlin Russian mathematician (1919–1984)
  3. 1948 Yurii Yekhanurov 11th prime minister of Ukraine
  4. 1950 Roza Otunbayeva President of Kyrgyzstan
  5. 1951 Akhmad Kadyrov Chechen politician and Islamic religious leader (1951–2004)
  6. 1983 Sergey Kud-Sverchkov Russian engineer and cosmonaut

Deaths

  1. 1944 Abdülmecid II last caliph of the Ottoman Dynasty (1868–1944)
  2. 1947 Hasmik Armenian actress (1879–1947)
  3. 2004 Yerik Assanbayev Kazakh ambassador (1936–2004)
  4. 2026 Tofig Bakikhanov Azerbaijani composer (1930–2026)
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Source: Wikidata and Wikipedia. Names link to the Wikipedia article.

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