Public Holidays in Turkey 2021

There are 14 Turkish public holidays in 2021. 12 of them fall on working days, which leaves 249 working days after 104 weekend days.

The Turkish public holidays in 2021 are New Year's Day (Friday, January 1), National Sovereignty and Children's Day (Friday, April 23), Labour and Solidarity Day (Saturday, May 1), Ramadan Feast (Thursday, May 13), Ramadan Feast (day 2) (Friday, May 14), Ramadan Feast (day 3) (Saturday, May 15), Commemoration of Atatürk, Youth and Sports Day (Wednesday, May 19), Democracy and National Unity Day (Thursday, July 15), Sacrifice Feast (Tuesday, July 20), Sacrifice Feast (day 2) (Wednesday, July 21), Sacrifice Feast (day 3) (Thursday, July 22), Sacrifice Feast (day 4) (Friday, July 23), Victory Day (Monday, August 30) and Republic Day (Friday, October 29).

There are 6 long weekends of three days or more in 2021: Jan 1–Jan 3 (3 days, New Year's Day); Apr 23–Apr 25 (3 days, National Sovereignty and Children's Day); May 13–May 16 (4 days, Ramadan Feast, Ramadan Feast (day 2), Ramadan Feast (day 3)); Jul 20–Jul 25 (6 days, Sacrifice Feast, Sacrifice Feast (day 2), Sacrifice Feast (day 3), Sacrifice Feast (day 4)); Aug 28–Aug 30 (3 days, Victory Day); Oct 29–Oct 31 (3 days, Republic Day).

The weekend in Turkey is Saturday and Sunday. Holidays that fall on a weekend are shown in the list.

Official holidays (resmî tatiller) under Law 2429. The eves of Republic Day and of both Bayrams are half days. Bayram dates follow the Diyanet calendar and may differ by a day.

Dates marked tentative follow the moon: Islamic holidays use the Umm al-Qura calendar and depend on the moon sighting, and festival dates for years without an official list are estimated. The official date can differ by a day.