Public Holidays in Turkey 2016

There are 13 Turkish public holidays in 2016. 9 of them fall on working days, which leaves 252 working days after 105 weekend days.

The Turkish public holidays in 2016 are New Year's Day (Friday, January 1), National Sovereignty and Children's Day (Saturday, April 23), Labour and Solidarity Day (Sunday, May 1), Commemoration of Atatürk, Youth and Sports Day (Thursday, May 19), Ramadan Feast (Wednesday, July 6), Ramadan Feast (day 2) (Thursday, July 7), Ramadan Feast (day 3) (Friday, July 8), Victory Day (Tuesday, August 30), Sacrifice Feast (Sunday, September 11), Sacrifice Feast (day 2) (Monday, September 12), Sacrifice Feast (day 3) (Tuesday, September 13), Sacrifice Feast (day 4) (Wednesday, September 14) and Republic Day (Saturday, October 29).

There are 3 long weekends of three days or more in 2016: Jan 1–Jan 3 (3 days, New Year's Day); Jul 6–Jul 10 (5 days, Ramadan Feast, Ramadan Feast (day 2), Ramadan Feast (day 3)); Sep 10–Sep 14 (5 days, Sacrifice Feast, Sacrifice Feast (day 2), Sacrifice Feast (day 3), Sacrifice Feast (day 4)).

The weekend in Turkey is Saturday and Sunday. Holidays that fall on a weekend are shown in the list.

Official holidays (resmî tatiller) under Law 2429. The eves of Republic Day and of both Bayrams are half days. Bayram dates follow the Diyanet calendar and may differ by a day.

Dates marked tentative follow the moon: Islamic holidays use the Umm al-Qura calendar and depend on the moon sighting, and festival dates for years without an official list are estimated. The official date can differ by a day.