Turkmenistan
Sakha (Yakutia)
Gagauzia
North Macedonia
BulgariaOn this day: October 15
What happened in the Turkic world on October 15? Famous people born and died on this day, key events and national days.
Births
- 1894
Saken Seyfullin
pioneer of modern Kazakh literature (1894-1938) - 1926
Genrich Altshuller
Soviet inventor and writer (1926–1998) - 1942
Tursunbek Chyngyshev
Kyrgyz politician; Prime Minister of Kyrgyzstan, 1992-1993 - 1952
Zilya Valeeva
Russian politician - 1958
Sevgül Uludağ
Turkish Cypriot journalist, writer, activist - 1979
Hikmet Hajiyev
Azerbaijan foreign policy advisor - 1981
Akın Gazi
Turkish Cypriot actor
- 1988
Mesut Özil
Turkish-German association football player
Deaths
- 1943
Manshuk Mametova
Soviet Kazakh machine gunner and Heroine of the Soviet Union (1922-1943)
- 1980
Mikhail Lavrentyev
Russian mathematician (1900-1980) - 2020
Danil Khalimov
Olympic wrestler (1978-2020)
- 2023
Oļegs Antropovs
volleyball player (1947–2023)
- 2025
Ramiz Guliyev
Azerbaijani musician (1947-2025)
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