Monday 27 March 2023

Turkish Festivals


Official holidays in Turkey are divided into two groups as national holidays and general holidays. The only national holiday in the country is Republic Day. Holidays include official and religious holidays. official holidays; National Sovereignty and Children's Day, Commemoration of Atatรผrk, Youth and Sports Day and Victory Day. Religious holidays are celebrated as Eid and Ramadan Feasts.

Sacrifice Feast



According to the Hijri calendar by Muslims, it is a religious holiday celebrated for four days from the 10th day of Zilhicce. The tenth, eleventh and twelfth days of Zilhicce Month is called 'Eyyรขm-ฤฑ Nahr' (Cut Days) and the ninth day of Zilhicce, which was the previous day.Since the Hijri calendar is a month calendar, the years are shorter than the sun-based Gregorian calendar. For this reason, the Eid al-Adha is celebrated 11-12 days earlier each year. Every 33 years corresponds to the same dates.

 by Ali & Yusuf Arda

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Ramadan Feast

Eid al-Fitr: Eid is known by this name because it is celebrated at the end of the month of Ramadan. The word Ramadan comes from the Arabic word ramaแธ ("dry hot"). The reason for this is probably that it corresponded to the summer months when Ramadan fasting was first practiced.




Candy Feast: It has been translated into Turkish from the name "Iyd-ฤฑ Fฤฑtฤฑr", which was the name of the feast in the Ottoman period. Iyd means feast. Fitr, which means "breaking the fast", is a charity known as "fitr alms" or "fitre", which is obligatory for rich Muslims to give to the poor, provided that it is not left until after Eid. Also known as "Thanksgiving". According to one claim, this word "thank you" turned into "sugar" over time. According to another claim, the name Sugar Feast is based on the tradition of starting Ramadan Feast by eating dates and sweets.

by Ecrin Duru & ฤฐclal 

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by Esila & Melek

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15 JULY DEMOCRACY AND NATIONAL UNITY DAY


The Democracy and National Unity Day of Tรผrkiye (Turkish: Demokrasi ve Milli Birlik Gรผnรผ) is one of the public holidays in Turkey, commemorating the national unity against the coup d'รฉtat attempt for democracy in 2016.

by Erva & Hale

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by Cemre , Hatice &  Ravza 

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  29 OCTOBER REPUBLIC DAY

 Republic Day is a nationalin Turkey  holiday celebrated and Northern Cyprus every year on October 29, in memory of the Turkish Grand National Assembly's declaration of the Republic administration on October 29, 1923. With a law enacted in 1925, it started to be celebrated as national (national) holiday.

In Turkey and Northern Cyprus, which are the countries where Republic Day is celebrated, 28 October is a one-and-a-half-day public holiday, in the afternoon and 29 October is a full day. On October 29, festivities are held in the stadiums, and traditionally, lantern processions are held in the evening.Mustafa Kemal Atatรผrk, the founder of the Republic of Turkey, described this day as "the greatest holiday" in his Tenth Year Speech on 29 October 1933, when the tenth anniversary of the republic was celebrated.

by Emre & Mustafa






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