National Festivals of Turkey
- New Years' Day ("Yılbaşı" or "Yılbaşı Bayramı")
- National Sovereignty and Children's Day ("Ulusal Egemenlik ve Çocuk Bayramı"), April 23 (1920)
- Workers' Day ("İşçi Bayramı"), May 1
- Commemoration of Atatürk, Youth and Sports Day ("Atatürk'ü Anma, Gençlik ve Spor Bayramı"), May 19 (1919)
- Victory Day ("Zafer Bayramı"), August 30 (1922)
- Republic Day ("Cumhuriyet Bayramı"), October 29 (1923)
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