Wat er het hele jaar speelt in Ankara, Turkije

Topdrukte — Ramadan, Semester (winter) break in Turkije

• Feestdag

  Ramadan

  25 jan – 25 mrt · meestal

  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. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Winter inversion (15 nov – 28 feb (meestal))

Topdrukte — Ramadan, Semester (winter) break in Turkije

In februari begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Ramadan (25 jan – 25 mrt (meestal)), Winter inversion (15 nov – 28 feb (meestal))

Topdrukte — Ramadan, Second-term mid-break in Turkije

In maart begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Ramadan (25 jan – 25 mrt (meestal))

Druk — National Sovereignty Day, schoolvakanties in 3 van de markten die de plek vullen

• Festival

  Ankara International Music Festival

  1–30 apr · meestal

  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. Bron ↗

• Feestdag

  National Sovereignty Day

  22–24 aprNationale feestdagSluitingenDruk

  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. Bron ↗

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

• Feestdag

  Kurban Bayrami (Eid al-Adha)

  27–30 meiRamadan & SuikerfeestSluitingenBoek vroeg

  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. Bron ↗

• Feestdag

  Youth and Sports Day

  19 meiNationale feestdagDruk

  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. Bron ↗

Druk — Summer holidays in Turkije, schoolvakanties in 3 van de markten die de plek vullen

In juni begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Kurban Bayrami (Eid al-Adha) (27–30 mei)

Druk — Summer holidays in Turkije, schoolvakanties in 5 van de markten die de plek vullen

In juli begint er niets nieuws.

Topdrukte — Victory Day, Summer holidays in Turkije

• Feestdag

  Victory Day

  30 augNationale feestdagDrukSluitingen

  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. Bron ↗

Druk — Summer holidays in Turkije, schoolvakanties in 3 van de markten die de plek vullen

In september begint er niets nieuws.

Druk — Republic Day, schoolvakanties in 3 van de markten die de plek vullen

• Feestdag

  Republic Day

  27–30 oktNationale feestdagSluitingenDruk

  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. Bron ↗

Topdrukte — Atatürk commemoration, First-term mid-break in Turkije

• Feestdag

  Atatürk commemoration

  9–11 novNationale feestdagDruk

  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. Bron ↗

• Seizoen

  Winter inversion

  15 nov – 28 feb · meestalWintersmog

  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. Bron ↗

Rustig — schoolvakanties in 5 van de markten die de plek vullen, een van de slechtste maanden qua weer

In december begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Winter inversion (15 nov – 28 feb (meestal))