Turkey public holidays 2026

Turkey 2026

The calendar above is already set to Turkey holidays for 2026, ready to download as a PDF. Below is the full list, the weekday each holiday falls on, and the long weekends they create.

How holidays work in Turkey

All 14 public holidays

DateDayHoliday
January 1ThursdayNew Year's Day
March 20FridayEid al-Fitr First Day
March 21SaturdayEid al-Fitr Second Day
March 22SundayEid al-Fitr Third Day
April 23ThursdayNational Independence & Children's Day
May 1FridayLabour Day
May 19TuesdayAtatürk Commemoration & Youth Day
May 27WednesdayEid al-Adha First Day
May 28ThursdayEid al-Adha Second Day
May 29FridayEid al-Adha Third Day
May 30SaturdayEid al-Adha Fourth Day
July 15WednesdayDemocracy and National Unity Day
August 30SundayVictory Day
October 29ThursdayRepublic Day

These are the dates as officially observed. Where a country moves a day off because the holiday itself falls at a weekend, the moved date is the one shown, which is why a date here can differ from the traditional one.

Long weekends in 2026

Stretches of three or more days off in a row, counting weekends and nationwide public holidays together. Holidays that apply only to some regions are left out, since they would not give most people the day off.

DatesDaysBecause of
March 20 – March 223Eid al-Fitr First Day, Eid al-Fitr Second Day, Eid al-Fitr Third Day
May 1 – May 33Labour Day
May 27 – May 315Eid al-Adha First Day, Eid al-Adha Second Day, Eid al-Adha Third Day, Eid al-Adha Fourth Day

Holidays that fall at a weekend

4 holidays fall on a Saturday or Sunday in 2026, and Turkey does not shift them to a weekday:

Print it

The generator at the top of this page marks every holiday listed here. The calendar language is a separate setting, so you can print Turkey holidays with month names in any of 58 languages — or switch the holidays off and keep a plain calendar.

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