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Day of Turkmen Workers of Culture and Art
(June 27) * Third Sunday in July – Galla Bayramy (celebration of the wheat harvest) * Day of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (May 29) *
Holidays in Turkmenistan
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Public Holiday
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s in Turkmenistan
Turkmenistan ( or ; tk, Türkmenistan / Түркменистан, ) is a country located in Central Asia, bordered by Kazakhstan to the northwest, Uzbekistan to the north, east and northeast, Afghanistan to the southeast, Iran to the so ...
are laid out in the Constitution of Turkmenistan, It acts as a list of nationally recognized public holidays in the country.
Main public holidays
*New Year's Day
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(January 1)
* International Women's Day
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(March 8)
* Nowruz
Nowruz ( fa, نوروز, ; ), zh, 诺鲁孜节, ug, نەۋروز, ka, ნოვრუზ, ku, Newroz, he, נורוז, kk, Наурыз, ky, Нооруз, mn, Наурыз, ur, نوروز, tg, Наврӯз, tr, Nevruz, tk, Nowruz, ...
(March 21–22)
* State Flag and Constitution Day (May 18)
* Independence Day
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(September 27)
* Day of Remembrance (October 6)
* Day of Neutrality (December 12)
* Eid al-Fitr
, nickname = Festival of Breaking the Fast, Lesser Eid, Sweet Eid, Sugar Feast
, observedby = Muslims
, type = Islamic
, longtype = Islamic
, significance = Commemoration to mark the end of fasting in Ramadan
, dat ...
(date varies)
* Eid al-Adha
Eid al-Adha () is the second and the larger of the two main holidays celebrated in Islam (the other being Eid al-Fitr). It honours the willingness of Ibrahim (Abraham) to sacrifice his son Ismail (Ishmael) as an act of obedience to Allah's ...
(date varies)
Professional holidays
*Memorial Day
Memorial Day (originally known as Decoration Day) is a federal holiday in the United States for mourning the U.S. military personnel who have fought and died while serving in the United States armed forces. It is observed on the last Mond ...
(January 12)
* Defender of the Fatherland Day
Defender of the Fatherland Day (russian: День защитника Отечества ''Den' zashchitnika Otechestva''; kk, Отан қорғаушы күні; tg, Рӯзи Дорандаи Ватан; ky, Мекенди коргоочула ...
(January 28)
* Day of Remembrance of National Heroes of Turkmenistan in the 1941-1945 World War (May 9)
* Day of Revival, Unity, and the Poetry of Magtymguly (May 18–19)
* Carpet Day (Last Sunday in May)
Day of Turkmen Workers of Culture and Art
(June 27) * Third Sunday in July – Galla Bayramy (celebration of the wheat harvest) * Day of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (May 29) *
Border Guards Day
Border Guards Day (russian: День пограничника; kz, Шекараны қорғау күні; tg, Рӯзи сарҳадбонони сарҳадӣ; ky, Чек ара кызматы күнү; be, дзень пагранічніка ...
(August 11)
* Day of the Workers in the Oil, Gas, Power, and Geological Industry (Second Saturday in September)
* Turkmen Bakhshi Day (Second Sunday in September)
* Day of the Worker in the Organs of National Security (September 30)
* Day of the Navy (October 9)
* Health Day (First Saturday in November)
Other holidays
* Turkmen Melon Day (Second Sunday in August) * Good Neighborliness Day (First Sunday in December) * Day of Remembrance of the First President of TurkmenistanSaparmurat Niyazov
Saparmurat Atayevich Niyazov; tk, Saparmyrat Ataýewiç Nyýazow, in Cyrillic: Сапармырат Атаевич Ныязов (19 February 1940 – 21 December 2006), also known as Turkmenbashi, was a Turkmen politician who rule ...
References
* ''Independent Neutral Turkmenistan: 10 Glorious Years of the Epoch of Turkmenbashi the Great'', Ashgabat, 2001, pp. 49–51 . * ''Turkmenistan to the Heights of the Golden Age'', Ashgabat, 2005, p. 44. * ''Statistical Yearbook of Turkmenistan 2000-2004'', National Institute of State Statistics and Information of Turkmenistan, Ashgabat, 2005, pp. 6–7.Further reading
*External links
Holidays in Turkmenistan
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Turkmenistan
Turkmenistan ( or ; tk, Türkmenistan / Түркменистан, ) is a country located in Central Asia, bordered by Kazakhstan to the northwest, Uzbekistan to the north, east and northeast, Afghanistan to the southeast, Iran to the so ...