Public Holidays in Turkey 2018

There are 14 Turkish public holidays in 2018. 10 of them fall on working days, which leaves 251 working days after 104 weekend days.

The Turkish public holidays in 2018 are New Year's Day (Monday, January 1), National Sovereignty and Children's Day (Monday, April 23), Labour and Solidarity Day (Tuesday, May 1), Commemoration of Atatürk, Youth and Sports Day (Saturday, May 19), Ramadan Feast (Friday, June 15), Ramadan Feast (day 2) (Saturday, June 16), Ramadan Feast (day 3) (Sunday, June 17), Democracy and National Unity Day (Sunday, July 15), Sacrifice Feast (Tuesday, August 21), Sacrifice Feast (day 2) (Wednesday, August 22), Sacrifice Feast (day 3) (Thursday, August 23), Sacrifice Feast (day 4) (Friday, August 24), Victory Day (Thursday, August 30) and Republic Day (Monday, October 29).

There are 5 long weekends of three days or more in 2018: Dec 30–Jan 1 (3 days, New Year's Day); Apr 21–Apr 23 (3 days, National Sovereignty and Children's Day); Jun 15–Jun 17 (3 days, Ramadan Feast, Ramadan Feast (day 2), Ramadan Feast (day 3)); Aug 21–Aug 26 (6 days, Sacrifice Feast, Sacrifice Feast (day 2), Sacrifice Feast (day 3), Sacrifice Feast (day 4)); Oct 27–Oct 29 (3 days, Republic Day).

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.