العطلات الرسمية في تركيا 2027: التواريخ وأيام العيد وما يغلق

Turkey has 13 full public holidays and three half days in 2027. The fixed dates come from Law No. 2429, and the religious festivals follow the official calendar of the Presidency of Religious Affairs (Diyanet): Eid al-Fitr (Ramazan Bayramı) falls on 9 to 11 March and Eid al-Adha (Kurban Bayramı) on 16 to 19 May. Most holidays only close government offices, but during the two Eids the Grand Bazaar shuts, some palaces close on day one and flights fill up. If your trip touches one, a guided day such as our Istanbul Old City private tour can be moved around the closures.

Turkey public holidays 2027: the full list

Two of the 13 full days fall on a weekend, and Law 2429 has no rule for moving a holiday to a weekday.

Christmas and Easter (28 March 2027, and 2 May for Orthodox churches) are not public holidays; see Easter 2027 in Turkey and, for city breaks, Istanbul holidays 2027.

Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha 2027: the official dates

Diyanet calculates the religious calendar years ahead (its website lists dates up to 2035), so these dates are official:

• Ramadan: starts on Monday 8 February; see Istanbul during Ramadan.
• Eid al-Fitr: half-day eve on Monday 8 March, holiday from Tuesday 9 to Thursday 11 March.
• Eid al-Adha: half-day eve on Saturday 15 May, holiday from Sunday 16 to Wednesday 19 May.

If a calendar website shows different dates, go by Diyanet: in Turkey, Eid al-Fitr is officially 9 to 11 March. For festival trips, see our Eid al-Fitr 2027 packages and Eid al-Adha 2027 holiday plans.

Will there be bridge days in 2027?

Not announced yet. As of 7 November 2026, no extra administrative leave ("idari izin") had been announced for either Eid in 2027. Such leave applies only to public employees and is decided separately for each holiday.

The obvious 2027 candidates:

• Eid al-Fitr: all of Monday 8 March and Friday 12 March, for nine days off from 6 to 14 March.
• Eid al-Adha: Thursday 20 and Friday 21 May, for a break from 15 to 23 May.

Even without official leave, taking 20 and 21 May off gives nine days in a row, so expect both Eid weeks to be busy.

What closes: palaces, museums and the Grand Bazaar

Palaces. On national holidays such as 23 April the palaces and the Grand Bazaar open as usual; the Eids are different. The National Palaces Administration sets a holiday rule for each palace: Topkapı and Dolmabahçe both close on New Year's Day and the first day of Eid al-Fitr. On the first day of Eid al-Adha, Dolmabahçe closes and Topkapı opens. A holiday on a palace's weekly closing day, Tuesday for Topkapı and Monday for Dolmabahçe, does not open it. For 2027:

Museums and sites. Museums and archaeological sites run by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism stay closed on the first morning of each Eid. In 2026, Turkish media reported a 13:00 opening on the first day of Eid al-Adha, as at the municipal Basilica Cistern, and normal hours afterwards. No free entry was announced; our museum prices 2027 update lists the fees.

The Grand Bazaar. The ministry's culture portal gives the Grand Bazaar hours as 08:30 to 19:00 every day except Sundays and religious holidays, and Hürriyet reported that it closes for both Eids but opens on national holidays. In 2027, plan on no bazaar shopping from 9 to 11 March or from 16 to 19 May.

Banks, city transport and Labour Day

• Banks. Bank branches close on the holiday days and work only in the morning on each eve, when the official holiday begins at 13:00 under Law 2429. ATMs, card payments and mobile banking keep working.
• Free transport. For Eid al-Adha 2026, a presidential decision made municipal public transport, Marmaray and the Istanbul Airport metro free for the four holiday days, and waived tolls on state motorways and the two older Bosphorus bridges. Nothing has been published for 2027.
• Labour Day. On 1 May 2026 the Istanbul governor's office closed the Taksim, Şişhane and Osmanbey metro stations, suspended the Kabataş–Taksim funicular and the İstiklal Avenue tram, and stopped ferries from the Asian side to several European piers. Similar measures are possible on Saturday 1 May 2027.

Flights, hotels and how to plan around the Eids

Demand peaks around both festivals. For Eid al-Adha 2026, airlines planned 1,506 extra flights between 21 May and 3 June, 1,214 of them on domestic routes, the Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure announced on 23 May 2026.

Photo: Arne Müseler, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

How we plan around them:

1. Book domestic flights and hotels early for Cappadocia, İzmir or Antalya in both Eid weeks.
2. Put palaces and museums on the second or third day, never the first morning.
3. Shop before the festival. The Grand Bazaar stays closed through both Eids.
4. Use the first day outdoors: a Bosphorus walk, Balat or the Cappadocia valleys.

Tours that cover this

• Istanbul Old City Private Tour: Hagia Sophia, Topkapi & Grand Bazaar: from $200 per person, with Topkapı and the bazaar placed on open days.
• Private Istanbul Shopping Tour: Grand Bazaar and Spice Market Guide: from $90 per person. Book it before an Eid starts.
• Cappadocia 2-Day Trip from Istanbul with Flights & Cave Hotel Night: from $599 per person.
• Turkey Highlights 8-Day Tour: Istanbul, Pamukkale, Ephesus, Cappadocia: from $1,670 per person.

No prepayment needed: pay on the tour day. Send us your dates on WhatsApp and we will check them against the 2027 holiday calendar before you book the Turkey Highlights 8-Day Tour or a tailor-made Turkey tour.

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