Turkey : complete schedule of public and bank holidays, closure of banks and stock exchanges, school vacations, trade fairs, cultural and sporting events, festivals, carnivals, election during the next 3 months
Labour and Solidarity Day
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Sunday May 1, 2022
Secular holiday :
Ramazan Bayram (End of Ramadan)
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Monday May 2, 2022
Muslim, Sufi : This day is an important religious holiday celebrated by Muslims worldwide that marks the end of Ramadan, the Islamic holy month of fasting (sawm).
Ramazan Bayram (End of Ramadan)
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Tuesday May 3, 2022
Muslim, Sufi : This day is an important religious holiday celebrated by Muslims worldwide that marks the end of Ramadan, the Islamic holy month of fasting (sawm).
Ramazan Bayram (End of Ramadan)
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Wednesday May 4, 2022
Muslim, Sufi : This day is an important religious holiday celebrated by Muslims worldwide that marks the end of Ramadan, the Islamic holy month of fasting (sawm). Paid holiday when falling on Saturday or Sunday
Mothers' Day
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Sunday May 8, 2022
cards/flowers : Mothers day has evolved in many countries in different ways. This is because mothers day has different origins in different countries and therefore occurs on different days in the year.
One school of thought claims that this day emerged from the custom of mother worship in ancient Greece. Mother worship which kept a festival to Cybele, a great mother of gods, and Rhea, the wife of Cronus, was held on March 15 to March 18 around Asia Minor. They insist that this custom spread around the world.
Mothering Sunday is the celebration of motherhood in the United Kingdom. It is also known as Mid-lent Sunday, Rose Sunday and Laetare Sunday. It originally comes from the Victorian practice of allowing servants to return home to visit their mothers on this day.
In the United States, Julia Ward Howe (May 27, 1819 - October 17, 1910) was a prominent American abolitionist, social activist, and poet. Howes Battle Hymn of the Republic was first published in the Atlantic Monthly in 1862 and quickly became one of the most popular songs for the Union during the American Civil War. After the war she focused her activities on the causes of Pacifism and womens suffrage. In 1870 she was the first to proclaim Mothers Day, with her Mothers Day Proclamation. U.S. President Woodrow Wilson approved Mothers Day in 1914
Atatürk Commemoration and Youth & Sports Day
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Thursday May 19, 2022
Secular holiday : Beginning of the War of Independence (landing of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk), and symbol of the youth as an emblem of modern Turkey Paid holiday when falling on Saturday or Sunday
Fall of Constantinople
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Sunday May 29, 2022
Culture : Capture of the capital of the Eastern Roman (Byzantine) Empire by an invading army of the Ottoman Empire on 29 May 1453. The Ottomans were commanded by 21-year-old Ottoman Sultan Mehmed II, who defeated an army commanded by Byzantine Emperor Constantine XI Palaiologos. The conquest of Constantinople followed a 53-day siege that had begun on 6 April 1453.
Summer holiday (beginning)
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Friday June 17, 2022
School holidays :
Fathers' Day
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Sunday June 19, 2022
cards/flowers :
Bank Holiday (from 13:00)
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Friday July 8, 2022
Banks only :
Kurban Bayram (Feast of the Sacrifice)
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Saturday July 9, 2022
Muslim, Sufi : Eid ul-Adha
The second main celebration of Islam. It celebrates Abraham's willingness to sacrifice his son in obedience to God. Muslims make their annual pilgrimage, or the Hajj , to Makkah (Mecca) in Saudi Arabia.
Kurban Bayram (Feast of the Sacrifice)
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Sunday July 10, 2022
Muslim, Sufi : Eid ul-Adha
The second main celebration of Islam. It celebrates Abraham's willingness to sacrifice his son in obedience to God. Muslims make their annual pilgrimage, or the Hajj , to Makkah (Mecca) in Saudi Arabia.
Kurban Bayram (Feast of the Sacrifice)
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Monday July 11, 2022
Muslim, Sufi : Eid ul-Adha
The second main celebration of Islam. It celebrates Abraham's willingness to sacrifice his son in obedience to God. Muslims make their annual pilgrimage, or the Hajj , to Makkah (Mecca) in Saudi Arabia. paid holiday when falling on Saturday or Sunday
Kurban Bayram (Feast of the Sacrifice)
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Tuesday July 12, 2022
Muslim, Sufi : Eid ul-Adha
The second main celebration of Islam. It celebrates Abraham's willingness to sacrifice his son in obedience to God. Muslims make their annual pilgrimage, or the Hajj , to Makkah (Mecca) in Saudi Arabia.
Struggle for Liberty and Democracy Day
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Friday July 15, 2022
Secular holiday : Not a paid holiday
El am Hejir New Year (may be changed to the nearest day)
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Saturday July 30, 2022
cards/flowers :
Victory Day
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Tuesday August 30, 2022
Secular holiday : Battle of Dumlupinar, final battle for independence in 1922.
Summer holiday (end)
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Monday September 12, 2022
School holidays :
Teknofest
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Tuesday September 20, 2022
Tradeshows : Lasts 5 days in Atatürk airport in Istanbul
Regional holiday
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Thursday October 6, 2022
Secular holiday : Liberation of Istanbul (İstanbulun Kurtuluşu) Regional Holiday Anniversary of the liberation of Istanbul by Turkish armed forces during the War of Independence in Istanbul only
Bank Holiday (from 13:00)
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Friday October 28, 2022
Banks only :
Republic Day
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Saturday October 29, 2022
Secular holiday : Proclamation of the republic in 1923 paid holiday when falling on Saturday or Sunday
Daylight Saving Time
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Sunday October 30, 2022
Special Events : At 1:00 a.m. local times