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North Cyprus Holidays

There are public holidays in North Cyprus on the following dates annually. For holidays in Southern Cyprus, click here.

1st January 15th January 23rd April 1st May 19th May 20th July 1st August 30th August 29th October 10th November 15th November

New Year's Day Death of Dr Fazil Kucuk. Dr Kucuk died in London in 1984. Although not a public holiday, flags will fly at half mast & schools will have ceremonies. Sirens will sound, and there will be a 2 minutes silence at time of his death, 10.30am.   National Sovereignty and Children's Day Labour Day Youth and Sports Day Peace & Freedom Day Social Resistance Day Victory day Turkish Republic Day Although not a public holiday, at 9:05 a.m., the time of Atatürk’s death, the country will pause in remembrance. Northern Cyprus Republic Day

In addition to the above, there are three religious holidays, Seker Bayram (Sugar Festival), a three day holiday immediately following Ramazan, and Kurban Bayram, a four day holiday around two months later, and Mevlid Kandili, sometimes known as Mawlid al Nabi, celebrating the birth of the prophet Mohammed. These, like the Christian Easter, are celebrated on different dates every year, being linked to the dates for Ramadan (known as Ramazan in North Cyprus). Because of the differences between the Islamic and the Gregorian calendars, these dates are about 10 days earlier every year. This movement sometimes see the holidays being celebrated twice in a single year.

Although Easter is not celebrated in Northern Cyprus, because of the number of ex pats living here, the influence of the Easter holidays is noticeable. We, therefore, include the dates for information.

A list for the next few years is shown below. Please note, the Islamic dates are estimates until much nearer the time.

Year	Mevlid Kandili		Ramazan Starts		Seker Bayram Starts		Kurban Bayram Starts		Easter (Western)	Easter (Orthodox)
2017	Fri	01 Dec	Fri	26 May	Sun	25 Jun	Fri	01 Sep	16 Apr	16 Apr
2018	Wed	21 Nov	Wed	16 May	Fri	15 Jun	Wed	22 Aug	01 Apr	08 Apr
2019	Sun	10 Nov	Mon	06 May	Wed	05 Jun	Mon	12 Aug	21 Apr	28 Apr
2020	Thu	29 Oct	Fri	24 Apr	Sun	24 May	Fri	31 Jul	12 Apr	19 Apr
2021	Tue	19 Oct	Tue	13 Apr	Thu	13 May	Tue	20 Jul	04 Apr	02 May
2022	Sat	08 Oct	Sun	03 Apr	Tue	03 May	Sun	10 Jul	17 Apr	24 Apr
2023	Wed	27 Sep	Thu	23 Mar	Sat	22 Apr	Thu	29 Jun	09 Apr	16 Apr
2024	Mon	16 Sep	Mon	11 Mar	Wed	10 Apr	Mon	17 Jun	31 Mar	05 May
2025	Fri	05 Sep	Sat	01 Mar	Mon	31 Mar	Sat	07 Jun	20 Apr	20 Apr
2026	Wed	26 Aug	Wed	18 Feb	Fri	20 Mar	Wed	27 May	05 Apr	12 Apr
2027	Sun	15 Aug	Mon	08 Feb	Wed	10 Mar	Mon	17 May	28 Mar	02 May
2028	Thu	03 Aug	Fri	28 Jan	Sun	27 Feb	Fri	05 May	16 Apr	16 Apr
2029	Tue	24 Jul	Tue	16 Jan	Thu	15 Feb	Tue	24 Apr	01 Apr	08 Apr
2030	Sat	13 Jul	Sun	06 Jan &	Tue	05 Feb	Sun	14 Apr	21 Apr	28 Apr
			Thu	26 Dec
2031	Wed	02 Jul	Mon	15 Dec	Sat	25 Jan	Thu	03 Apr	13 Apr	13 Apr
2032	Mon	21 Jun	Sat	04 Dec	Wed	14 Jan	Mon	22 Mar	28 Mar	02 May
2033	Fri	10 Jun	Wed	23 Nov	Mon	03 Jan &	Sat	12 Mar	17 Apr	24 Apr
					Fri	23 Dec
2034	Tue	30 May	Sun	12 Nov	Tue	12 Dec	Sun	01 Mar	09 Apr	09 Apr
2035	Sun	20 May	Fri	02 Nov	Sun	02 Dec	Sun	18 feb	25 Mar	29 Apr
2036	Thu	08 May	Tue	21 Oct	Thu	20 Nov	Fri	08 Feb	13 Apr	20 Apr
2037	Tue	28 Apr	Sun	11 Oct	Tue	10 Nov	Tue	27 Jan	05 Apr	05 Apr
2038	Sat	17 Apr	Thu	30 Sep	Sat	30 Oct	Sun	17 Jan	25 Apr	25 Apr
2039	Wed	06 Apr	Mon	19 Sep	Wed	19 Oct	Thu	06 Jan &	10 Apr	17 Apr
							Mon	26 Dec
2040	Mon	26 Mar	Sat	08 Sep	Mon	08 Oct	Sat	15 dec	01 Apr	06 May
2041	Fri	15 Mar	Wed	28 Aug	Fri	27 Sep	Wed	04 dec	21 Apr	21 Apr
2042	Tue	04 Mar	Sun	17 Aug	Tue	16 Sep	Sun	23 Nov	06 Apr	13 Apr
2043	Sun	22 Feb	Fri	07 Aug	Sun	06 Sep	Fri	13 Nov	29 Mar	03 May
2044	Thu	11 Feb	Tue	26 Jul	Thu	25 Aug	Tue	01 Nov	17 Apr	24 Apr
2045	Tue	31 Jan	Sun	16 Jul	Tue	15 Aug	Sun	22 Oct	09 Apr	09 Apr
2046	Sat	20 Jan	Thu	05 Jul	Sat	04 Aug	Thu	11 Oct	25 Mar	29 Apr
2047	Wed	09 Jan &	Mon	24 Jun	Wed	24 Jul	Mon	30 sep	14 Apr	21 Apr
	Mon	30 Dec
2048	Fri	18 Dec	Sat	13 Jun	Mon	13 Jul	Sat	19 sep	05 Apr	05 Apr
2049	Tue	07 Dec	Wed	02 Jun	Fri	02 Jul	Wed	08 Sep	18 Apr	29 Apr
2050	Sun	27 Nov	Sun	22 May	Tue	21 Jun	Sun	28 Aug	10 Apr	17 Apr