Official Holidays


Public holidays in Turkey

  • 1st of January / New Year's holiday
  • Qatar National Sports Day, observed on Tuesday in the Second week of Febreuarey every year
  • 23rd of April / National Sovereignty and Children's Day.
  • 1stof May / International Workers' Holiday
  • 19th of May / memory of Ataturk and Festival of Youth and Sports
  • 30th of August / Victory Day
  • 29th of October / Republic day (founding of the Turkish Republic)
  • 18th  of December / Qatar National Day
  • Eid al-Fitr
  • Eid al-Adha
  • weekend (Saturday and Sunday)