Turkey combines fixed civic holidays with the two Islamic festivals, Ramazan Bayramı and Kurban Bayramı, which move roughly eleven days earlier each year against the Gregorian calendar.

How people take the days

The government routinely extends the bayram periods by declaring adjacent half or full days off, producing breaks of up to nine days. Those announcements come only weeks in advance.

If you're visiting

Bayram weeks mean packed coaches, full coastal hotels and quiet cities — Istanbul is at its calmest. Banks and offices close; restaurants and transport run.

If you live here

Annual leave starts at 14 days and rises with service. Watch for the arife, the half day before each bayram, which is a public holiday from the afternoon.

What these days actually mean

Observance, business closures and transport impact for the next few dates.

Republic Day

29 Oct 2026

Public

Observance: 29 October marks the 1923 proclamation of the republic, with torch processions the evening before and flags across every street.
Business: Closed from midday on 28 October; banks and offices shut on the day itself.
Transport: Sunday services with extensive closures around parade routes and the Bosphorus.

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