Originally Posted by
ballerinajz
thank you so much for your info. why only 10 days? do you have any webpage to explain the Turkish holiday or high travel season ?
15 July is Democracy and Unity Day ( official holiday in Turkey )
19 July is the eve of the Religious Holiday ( normally half-day off )
20-23 July is a Religious Holiday ( official holiday in Turkey )
17-18 July & 24-25 July are weekends.
For this year only, July 16 and the morning of July 19 was declared by President Erdoğan as a national holiday.
Thus this gives many people working to have 11 consecutive days off from work without using their annual vacation rights.