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BulgariaOn this day: August 26
What happened in the Turkic world on August 26? Famous people born and died on this day, key events and national days.
Events
- 1918
Battle of Baku
1918 battle between Ottoman–Azerbaijani forces and Bolshevik–Dashnak forces - 1922
Battle of Dumlupınar
1922 battle during the Greco-Turkish War
Births
- 1902
Sergey Balasanian
Soviet composer (1902–1982) - 1927
Talaat Khanlarov
Azerbaijani and Soviet architect (1927–2004)
- 1941
Ayşe Kulin
Turkish novelist (born 1941)
- 1948
Tatyana Karimova
Uzbek economist - 1949
Allahshukur Pashazadeh
Azerbaijani Grand Mufti
- 1958
Viktor Demyanenko
boxer - 1964
Mehriban Alieva
Azerbaijani physician and politician; wife of Azerbaijan's president Ilham Aliev, Vice President of Azerbaijan and Head of Heydar Aliev Foundation (born 1964)
- 1976
Zemfira
Russian rock musician and songwriter - 1977
Rashad Nabiyev
politician form Azerbaijan
- 1986
Colin Kâzım-Richards
Turkish-British footballer and manager (born 1986)
Deaths
- 1938
Jamshid Nakhchivanski
Azerbaijani Soviet general (1895–1938)
- 2003
Hasan Mammadov
Soviet actor (1938-2003)
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