Turkey public holidays 2027

Turkey 2027

The calendar above is already set to Turkey holidays for 2027, 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 1FridayNew Year's Day
March 10WednesdayEid al-Fitr First Day (Tentative Date)
March 11ThursdayEid al-Fitr Second Day (Tentative Date)
March 12FridayEid al-Fitr Third Day (Tentative Date)
April 23FridayNational Independence & Children's Day
May 1SaturdayLabour Day
May 16SundayEid al-Adha First Day (Tentative Date)
May 17MondayEid al-Adha Second Day (Tentative Date)
May 18TuesdayEid al-Adha Third Day (Tentative Date)
May 19WednesdayAtatürk Commemoration & Youth Day
May 19WednesdayEid al-Adha Fourth Day (Tentative Date)
July 15ThursdayDemocracy and National Unity Day
August 30MondayVictory Day
October 29FridayRepublic 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 2027

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
January 1 – January 33New Year's Day
March 10 – March 145Eid al-Fitr First Day (Tentative Date), Eid al-Fitr Second Day (Tentative Date), Eid al-Fitr Third Day (Tentative Date)
April 23 – April 253National Independence & Children's Day
May 15 – May 195Eid al-Adha First Day (Tentative Date), Eid al-Adha Second Day (Tentative Date), Eid al-Adha Third Day (Tentative Date), Eid al-Adha Fourth Day (Tentative Date)
August 28 – August 303Victory Day
October 29 – October 313Republic Day

Holidays that fall at a weekend

2 holidays fall on a Saturday or Sunday in 2027, 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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