The Turkish National Day is a specific date on the 29 October (1923) to observe the Republic Day of Turkey.

Often this public holiday in Turkey is not called as National Day. Yet, the banks, schools together with other public buildings would be shut.

The First of January is celebrated as The New Year in Turkey to mark the start of a new calendar year.

May Day can be another nationwide holiday in Turkey that is observed to observe the accomplishments of the work movement.

Christmas Day is a public holiday in a lot of of the nations and observed on December 25 to rejoice the birth of Jesus.

The Orthodox Christian and Western-Roman Catholic patronal feast day or 'name day' are observed in each place's patron saint's day, based on the Calendar of saints.

The biggest holidays for Muslims in Turkey are Eid ul-Fitr. This is observed right after the conclusion of Ramadan and Eid al-Adha that is celebrated at the conclusion of the Hajj.

Diwali (Festival of Light) is one of the significant holidays celebrated by Hindus, Jains and Sikhs who live in Turkey.

Jews who reside in Turkey observe numerous celebrations: the Passover (Spring Feasts of Pesach) and Shavuot, the Rosh Hashanah (start of the Year), Yom Kippur (Day of Atonement), Sukkot (Tabernacles), and Shemini Atzeret (Eighth Day of Assembly).