Hva som skjer i Ankara, Turkey gjennom året

Toppsesong — Ramadan, Semester (winter) break i Turkey

• Helligdag

  Ramadan

  25. jan – 25. mar · vanligvis

  Ankara keeps working through it — this is a civil-service city — but the lokantas around the ministries go quiet at lunchtime and the old quarter below the citadel fills at sunset. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Winter inversion (15. nov – 28. feb (vanligvis))

Toppsesong — Ramadan, Semester (winter) break i Turkey

Ingenting nytt starter i februar.

Fortsatt på gang: Ramadan (25. jan – 25. mar (vanligvis)), Winter inversion (15. nov – 28. feb (vanligvis))

Toppsesong — Ramadan, Second-term mid-break i Turkey

Ingenting nytt starter i mars.

Fortsatt på gang: Ramadan (25. jan – 25. mar (vanligvis))

Travelt — National Sovereignty Day, skoleferie i 3 av markedene som fyller stedet

• Festival

  Ankara International Music Festival

  1.–30. apr · vanligvis

  Four weeks of orchestras, recitals and dance across seven halls, run by the Sevda-Cenap And foundation since 1985. It is the one time the capital's cultural calendar clearly beats Istanbul's. Kilde ↗

• Helligdag

  National Sovereignty Day

  22.–24. aprNasjonaldagStengningerMye folk

  The 23rd of April marks the first sitting of the Grand National Assembly here in 1920, and the main ceremony is at Anıtkabir. Government offices close and the roads around the mausoleum shut with them. Kilde ↗

Toppsesong — Kurban Bayrami (Eid al-Adha), Youth and Sports Day

• Helligdag

  Kurban Bayrami (Eid al-Adha)

  27.–30. maiRamadan og eidStengningerBestill tidlig

  The longer religious holiday, four days and frequently stretched to nine. Offices and many shops close, intercity buses and domestic flights sell out well ahead and fares climb, and holiday hotels fill with Turkish families before the foreign season peaks. Kilde ↗

• Helligdag

  Youth and Sports Day

  19. maiNasjonaldagMye folk

  The national holiday for the start of the War of Independence: wreath-laying at Anitkabir, school and stadium shows, flags on every balcony and road closures around the ceremonies. Kilde ↗

Travelt — Summer holidays i Turkey, skoleferie i 3 av markedene som fyller stedet

Ingenting nytt starter i juni.

Fortsatt på gang: Kurban Bayrami (Eid al-Adha) (27.–30. mai)

Travelt — Summer holidays i Turkey, skoleferie i 5 av markedene som fyller stedet

Ingenting nytt starter i juli.

Toppsesong — Victory Day, Summer holidays i Turkey

• Helligdag

  Victory Day

  30. augNasjonaldagMye folkStengninger

  State ceremony at Anitkabir, a military parade and band concert at the parliament grounds and a Turkish Stars flypast; city buses, metro and Ankaray usually run free for the day, while roads near the parade close. Kilde ↗

Travelt — Summer holidays i Turkey, skoleferie i 3 av markedene som fyller stedet

Ingenting nytt starter i september.

Travelt — Republic Day, skoleferie i 3 av markedene som fyller stedet

• Helligdag

  Republic Day

  27.–30. oktNasjonaldagStengningerMye folk

  The 29th of October is the capital's own holiday, with a parade, a flypast and a long weekend that empties the city towards the coast. Museums and ministries are shut for most of it. Kilde ↗

Toppsesong — Atatürk commemoration, First-term mid-break i Turkey

• Helligdag

  Atatürk commemoration

  9.–11. novNasjonaldagMye folk

  At five past nine on the 10th the sirens sound and the country stops where it stands. In Ankara the queue up to Anıtkabir runs for hours, which is either the reason to be here or the reason not to be. Kilde ↗

• Sesong

  Winter inversion

  15. nov – 28. feb · vanligvisVintersmog

  The city sits in a bowl and cold, still weather traps household heating smoke in it for days at a time. It is nothing like as bad as it was in the coal years, but the hills above still look down on a lid. Kilde ↗

Rolig — skoleferie i 5 av markedene som fyller stedet, en av de dårligste månedene værmessig

Ingenting nytt starter i desember.

Fortsatt på gang: Winter inversion (15. nov – 28. feb (vanligvis))