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Jan 1: New Year's Day
National
Holidays
Apr 23: National Sovereignty and Children's Day (anniversary
of the establishment of Turkish Grand National Assembly)
May
19: Atatürk Commemoration and Youth & Sports Day ( the arrival
of Atatürk in Samsun, and the beginning of the War of Independence.)
Aug
30: Victory Day (victory over invading forces in 1922).
Oct
29: Republic Day (anniversary of the declaration of the Turkish
Republic)
Religious
Holidays
Şeker Bayramı: Three-day festival when sweets are eaten to
celebrate the end of the fast of Ramazan.
Kurban
Bayramı: Four-day festival when sacrificial sheep are slaughtered
and their meat distributed to the poor.
(The
dates of these religious festivals change according to the Muslim
lunar calendar an thus occur 12 days earlier each year. In 1998,
Şeker Bayramı is celebreted on 29,30,31 January 1998 and Kurban
Bayramı is celebrated on 7,8,9,10 April 1998.)
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