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Turkey Public Holidays

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Below are listed Public Holidays for the January 2009-December 2010 period.
[2009]
01 Jan: New Year's Day.
23 Apr: National Sovereignty and Children's Day.
01 May: Labour and Solidarity Day.
19 May: Commemoration of Ataturk and Youth and Sports Day.
30 Aug: Victory Day.
19-22 Sep: (19th is half-day) Ramazan Bayrami (Seker Bayrami).*
28-29 Oct: (the halfday in the afternoon of previous day.) Republic Day.
27-30 Nov: Feast of the Sacrifice (Kurban Bayrami).*

[2010]
01 Jan: New Year's Day.
23 Apr: National Sovereignty and Children's Day.
01 May: Labour and Solidarity Day.
19 May: Commemoration of Atatürk and Youth and Sports Day.
30 Aug: Victory Day.
9-10-11 Sep: (19th is half-day) Ramazan Bayrami (Seker Bayrami).*
28-29 Oct: (the halfday in the afternoon of previous day.) Republic Day.
16-19 Nov: Feast of the Sacrifice (Kurban Bayrami).*

[*Religious holidays]
Seker Bayrami:Three-day festival when sweets are eaten to celebrate the end of the fast of Ramadan.
Kurban Bayrami: Four-day festival when sacrificial sheep are slaughtered and their meat distributed to the poor.
The dates of these religious festivals change according to the Muslim lunar calendar an thus occur 10-11 days (exact difference between Gregorian and Lunar calendars is 10 days and 21 hrs) earlier each year.

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