New Year’s
Day, national holiday, 1 Jan, throughout the city
Kurban Bayram (Feast of the Sacrifice), religious
holiday, 10 Dhu al Hijja (12th month of Hijra calandar) Feb until
2003, throughout the city
International Film Festival,
Apr, most cinemas in Beyoglu
National Independence
and Children’s Day, national holiday, 23 Apr, throughout
the city
International Theatre Festival,
May, Atatürk Kültür Merkezi, Taksim
Fujifilm
World Music Days, various venues, May
Conquest
Week Celebrations, the run-up to Atatürk’s Commemoration
Day, 13-19 May, throughout the city
Atatürk’s
Commemoration Day, national holiday, 19 May, throughout
the city
International Istanbul Music Festival,
Jun, various venues
International Bosphorus Festival,
Jun, various venues
International Jazz Festival,
Jul, various venues
Rumeli Hisari Concerts,
Jul, Rumeli Hisarý Museum
Zafer Bayram (Victory
Day), national holiday, 30 Aug, throughout the city
International Istanbul Biennale, biannual
art festival Sep-Nov, various venues
Cumhuriyet
Bayram (Republic Day), national holiday celebrating Atatürk’s
proclamation of the Turkish Republic in 1923, 29 Oct, throughout
the city
Intercontinental
Istanbul Eurasia Marathon, Oct, Üsküdar to Taksim
Akbank Jazz
Festival, early Oct, Cemal Resit Rey Concert Hall, Babylon and
Venue Maslak
Efes Pilsen Blues Festival,
mid Oct, Lütfi Kirdar UKSS, Anadolu Salonu
Istanbul
Arts Fair, late Oct-early Nov, Tuyap Fair and Congress
Centre
Ramadan, Muslim Holy Month of Fasting,
with the end of the fast marked by a three-day national holiday,
Ramadan (ninth month of Hijra calendar), Oct 2004/2005, throughout
the city
Seker Bayram (Sugar Holiday or
Eid Al Fitr), religious holiday, 1 Shawwal (10th month of Hijra
calendar), Nov 2004/2005, throughout the city |
