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Date	English Name	Local Name	Remarks
January 1	New Year's Day	Yılbaşı	First day of the new year
April 23	National Sovereignty and Children's Day	Ulusal Egemenlik ve Çocuk Bayramı	Commemoration of the first opening of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey at Ankara in 1920. Dedicated to the children.
May 1	Labour and Solidarity Day	Emek ve Dayanışma Günü
May 19	Commemoration of Atatürk, Youth and Sports Day	Atatürk'ü Anma Gençlik ve Spor Bayramı	Commemoration of the beginning of national liberation movement initiated in 1919 by Atatürk's landing in Samsun. Dedicated to the youth.
August 30	Victory Day	Zafer Bayramı	Commemoration of the victory at the final battle in Dumlupınar ending the Turkish Independence War in 1922, dedicated to the armed forces.
October 29	Republic Day	Cumhuriyet Bayramı	Commemoration of the proclamation of the republic in 1923. Also the halfday in the afternoon of previous day.
September 9-10-11	Ramadan Feast	Ramazan Bayramı or Şeker Bayramı	Religious holiday for 3 days. Also the halfday in the afternoon of previous day.
November 16-17-18-19	Sacrifice Feast	Kurban Bayramı	Religious holiday for 4 days. Also the halfday in the afternoon of previous day.

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