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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