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Special Events New Year’s Day, national holiday, 1 Jan, throughout the city Kurban Bayram (Feast of the Sacrifice), religious holiday, 10 Dhu al Hijja (12th month of Hijra calandar) Feb until 2003, throughout the city International Film Festival, Apr, most cinemas in Beyoglu National Independence and Children’s Day, national holiday, 23 Apr, throughout the city International Theatre Festival, May, Atatürk Kültür Merkezi, Taksim Fujifilm World Music Days, various venues, May Conquest Week Celebrations, the run-up to Atatürk’s Commemoration Day, 13-19 May, throughout the city Atatürk’s Commemoration Day, national holiday, 19 May, throughout the city International Istanbul Music Festival, Jun, various venues International Bosphorus Festival, Jun, various venues International Jazz Festival, Jul, various venues Rumeli Hisari Concerts, Jul, Rumeli Hisarı Museum Zafer Bayram (Victory Day), national holiday, 30 Aug, throughout the city J&B Dance & Techno Festival, Sep, Mydonose showland International Istanbul Biennale, biannual art festival, Sep-Nov (2003), various venues Cumhuriyet Bayram (Republic Day), national holiday celebrating Atatürk’s proclamation of the Turkish Republic in 1923, 29 Oct, throughout the city Intercontinental Istanbul Eurasia Marathon (website: www.istanbulmarathon.org), Oct 2002, Üsküdar to Taksim Akbank Jazz Festival (website: www.akbankcaz.com), early Oct, Cemal Resit Rey Concert Hall, Babylon and Venue Maslak Efes Pilsen Blues Festival, mid Oct, Lütfi Kırdar UKSS, Anadolu Salonu Istanbul Arts Fair, late Oct-early Nov, Tuyap Fair and Congress Centre Ramazan, Muslim Holy Month of Fasting, with the end of the fast marked by a three-day national holiday, Ramadan (ninth month of Hijra calendar), Nov 2002 then Oct until 2005, throughout the city Seker Bayram (Sugar Holiday or Eid Al Fitr), religious holiday, 1 Shawwal (tenth month of Hijra calendar), Dec 2002 then Nov until 2005, throughout the city. |
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