Turkey public holidays 2028

Turkey 2028

The calendar above is already set to Turkey holidays for 2028, 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 1SaturdayNew Year's Day
February 27SundayEid al-Fitr First Day (Tentative Date)
February 28MondayEid al-Fitr Second Day (Tentative Date)
February 29TuesdayEid al-Fitr Third Day (Tentative Date)
April 23SundayNational Independence & Children's Day
May 1MondayLabour Day
May 5FridayEid al-Adha First Day (Tentative Date)
May 6SaturdayEid al-Adha Second Day (Tentative Date)
May 7SundayEid al-Adha Third Day (Tentative Date)
May 8MondayEid al-Adha Fourth Day (Tentative Date)
May 19FridayAtatürk Commemoration & Youth Day
July 15SaturdayDemocracy and National Unity Day
August 30WednesdayVictory Day
October 29SundayRepublic 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 2028

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
February 26 – February 294Eid al-Fitr First Day (Tentative Date), Eid al-Fitr Second Day (Tentative Date), Eid al-Fitr Third Day (Tentative Date)
April 29 – May 13Labour Day
May 5 – May 84Eid 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)
May 19 – May 213Atatürk Commemoration & Youth Day

Holidays that fall at a weekend

7 holidays fall on a Saturday or Sunday in 2028, 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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