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BulgariaOn this day: December 21
What happened in the Turkic world on December 21? Famous people born and died on this day, key events and national days.
Events
- 1832
Battle of Konya
1832 battle of the First Turko-Egyptian War
Births
- 1840
Nâmık Kemâl
Ottoman writer (1840-1888)
- 1913
Halima Nosirova
Soviet opera singer, music educator and actor (1913-2003) - 1915
Aziz Nesin
Turkish writer (1915–1995)
- 1927
Ömer Eldarov
Azerbaijani sculptor (born 1927) - 1955
Leyla Yunus
Azerbaijani activist
- 1965
Cem Özdemir
German environmentalist and statesperson (born 1965)
- 1969
Nadezhda Gracheva
ballet dancer
Deaths
- 1955
Garegin Nzhdeh
Armenian politician and philosopher (1886-1955)
- 1990
Ivan Knunyants
Soviet chemist (1906–1990)
- 2006
Saparmyrat Nyýazow
President of Turkmenistan from 1990 to 2006 - 2019
Bolotbek Shamshiyev
Soviet film director (1941–2019)
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