Turkmenistan
Northern Cyprus
Sakha (Yakutia)
Gagauzia
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BulgariaOn this day: December 22
What happened in the Turkic world on December 22? Famous people born and died on this day, key events and national days.
Events
- 1914
Battle of Sarikamish
1914 battle between the Russian and Ottoman empires during World War I
Births
- 1890
Zeki Velidi Togan
Turkish historian and Turkologist (1890–1970) - 1918
Mehdi Huseynzade
Azerbaijani geurilla (1918–1944) - 1920
Hasan Seyidbeyli
Soviet film director (1920–1980)
- 1934
Andrei Iordan
Prime Minister of Kyrgyzstan (1934-2006) - 1944
Natalya Ustinova
Uzbekistani swimmer - 1948
Ramil Usubov
Secretary of Security Council of the Republic of Azerbaijan
- 1958
Omurbek Tekebayev
Kyrgyzstani politician
- 1993
Zhazira Zhapparkul
Kazkstani weightlifter
Deaths
- 1603
Mehmed III
13th Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1595–1603)
- 2012
Arkady Vorobyov
Russian weightlifter (1924–2012) - 2022
Alikram Hummatov
Azerbaijani convicted of treason
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