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Turkish agenda
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28 Dec 2009 Mon 08:10 pm |
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I don´t know if it should be posted here, or in the travel threads, but oh well...
I was wondering if there are any interesting dates in the coming month (January, perhaps beginning of February) in Turkey. Festivals, holidays, just great fun stuff... I´m feeling the itch again and I don´t know how long I can control myself, I think I´ll have to go to Turkey soon! But I want to plan a trip around some special event or special day.
Anything will do. For example, the other day there was a camel wrestling festival in Kusadasi. Would have loved to experience that for once.
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28 Dec 2009 Mon 08:48 pm |
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I only know of Adana´s Independence day in January.. but me thinks it´s not what you´re looking for..  
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28 Dec 2009 Mon 09:22 pm |
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The name of this post made me laugh...What is the Turkish agenda anyway? The plan to make the world Turkey isn´t going so well.....what is plan B???? hehehe
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29 Dec 2009 Tue 05:23 am |
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Maybe this will help?
In April there is a fabulous tulip festival in Istanbul, that would be nice to see.
| Date | English Name | Local Name | Remarks |
| January 1 |
New Year´s Day |
Yılbaşı |
First day of the new year |
| April 23 |
National Sovereignty and Children´s Day |
Ulusal Egemenlik ve Çocuk Bayramı |
Commemoration of the first opening of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey at Ankara in 1920. Dedicated to the children. |
| May 1 |
Labour and Solidarity Day |
Emek ve Dayanışma Günü |
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| May 19 |
Commemoration of Atatürk Youth and Sports Day |
Atatürk´ü Anma Gençlik ve Spor Bayramı |
Commemoration of the beginning of national liberation movement initiated in 1919 by Atatürk´s landing in Samsun. Dedicated to the youth. |
| August 30 |
Victory Day |
Zafer Bayramı |
Commemoration of the victory at the final battle in Dumlupınar ending the Turkish Independence War in 1922. Dedicated to the armed forces. |
| October 29 |
Republic Day |
Cumhuriyet Bayramı |
Commemoration of the proclamation of the republic in 1923. Also the halfday in the afternoon of previous day. |
| After the end of Islamic month Ramadan |
Ramadan Feast |
Ramazan Bayramı or Şeker Bayramı |
Religious holiday for 3 days. Also the halfday in the afternoon of previous day. |
| 70 days after the end of Islamic month Ramadan |
Sacrifice Feast |
Kurban Bayramı |
Religio |
Edited (12/29/2009) by alameda
[edit photo]
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29 Dec 2009 Tue 08:01 am |
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Thank you for the amazing picture of the Tulips. Now i also feel the urge to visit Istanbul again. Myra
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29 Dec 2009 Tue 08:09 pm |
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I don´t know if it should be posted here, or in the travel threads, but oh well...
I was wondering if there are any interesting dates in the coming month (January, perhaps beginning of February) in Turkey. Festivals, holidays, just great fun stuff... I´m feeling the itch again and I don´t know how long I can control myself, I think I´ll have to go to Turkey soon! But I want to plan a trip around some special event or special day.
Anything will do. For example, the other day there was a camel wrestling festival in Kusadasi. Would have loved to experience that for once.
Hmmm.....maybe this will give you some ideas...?
Istanbul 2010 European Capital of Culture program
Be patient, it is a pdf file and takes a while to download....there are 93 pages, so you should find something interesting to do and see.
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30 Dec 2009 Wed 12:22 am |
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Argh... see how empty january en february is in the general schedule? And I don´t want to step on any toes...I know they originally came from Turkey... but I´m not going to Turkey to see tulips  We have loads of the in Holland in April, at the Keukenhof.
The Istanbul booklet is very big, but handy, thank you! Now if only I could have something like this with more towns in it...
And yes, I try to come up with an interesting title  Made you look, didn´t I?!
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