Holidays & Festivals

Greece:
Holidays:
January 1 – New Year’s Day
January 6 – Epiphany
Mid-March – Lent Monday
March 25 – Independence Day
Late April – Holy and Great Friday, Easter Monday
May 1 – May Day/Labor Day
August 15 – Assumption Day
October 28 – Ohi Day
December 25 – Christmas Day
December 26 – Gathering of the Virgin’s Entourage

Festivals:
January 8 – Gynaikratia in Northern Greece
February – Carnival
June-September – Athens Summer Festival in Alexandropoulos
October-May – Winter Cultural Season, Athens


Turkey:
Holidays:
January 1 – New Year’s Day
January 7-10 – End of Ramadan
March 28 – Feast of Sacrifice
April 23 – National Independence and Children’s Day
May 19 – Youth and Sports Day and Ataturk’s Commemoration
August 30 – Victory Day
October 29 – Republic Day
December 28 – January 1 – End of Ramadan

Festivals:
Mid-January – Camel wrestling in Selçuk
Late June – International Istanbul Festival in Bursa
August – Troy Festival in Canakkale
November 10 – Moment of Silence at 9:05am for Atatürk’s death