Bayram (Turkey)

• New Years' Day ("Yılbaşı" or "Yılbaşı Bayramı") • National Sovereignty and Children's Day ("Ulusal Egemenlik ve Çocuk Bayramı"), April 23 (1920) • Workers' Day ("İşçi Bayramı"), May 1 • Commemoration of Atatürk, Youth and Sports Day ("Atatürk'ü Anma, Gençlik ve Spor Bayramı"), May 19 (1919) • Victory Day ("Zafer Bayramı"), August 30 (1922) • Republic Day ("Cumhuriyet Bayramı"), October 29 (1923) • Cabotage Day is coasting festival for the anniversary of Turkish coasting independence (cabotage rights). Every First July (1926) • Turkism Day, 3 May (1945) • Democracy and National Unity Day, 15 July (2016) Former national festival • Freedom and Constitution Day ("Hürriyet ve Anayasa Bayramı"), May 27 (1960) • İyd-i Millî, 23 July (1909) == Religious festivals of Turkey ==

• Eid al-Fitr ("Şeker Bayramı", i.e. "Bayram of Sweets", or, "Ramazan Bayramı", i.e. "Ramadan Bayram"), 1st of Shawwal • Eid al-Adha ("Kurban Bayramı", i.e. "Sacrifice Bayram"), Dhu al-Hijjah 10-13 • Passover ("Hamursuz" (mean matzah) bayramı, mostly celebrated by Turkish Jews or Jewish minorities and also locally celebrated by some unreligious groups as folk festival) • Easter (It is commonly called "paskalya yortusu“ in western Turkey; some groups in the east call it "Paskalya Bayramı) ==Folk festivals==

• Nowruz (“Nevruz Bayramı" or "Ergenekon Bayramı" celebrates the spring equinox. • Hidirellez bayramı is for the start of spring and summer days. • Kosaqan or Yılgayakh - A spring feast and festival Turkic and Altai folklore. • Sayaqan or Yhyakh - A summer feast and festival Turkish folklore. • Paktaqan - An autumn feast and festival Turkic and Altai folklore. • Paynaqan - A winter and pine tree feast and festival in Turkic and Altai folklore. • Nardoqan - Nardoqan or Narduğan was a Turkic-Mongolian holiday for the winter solstice. ==See also==