På gång i Ankara, Turkey under året

Mest folk — Ramadan, Semester (winter) break i Turkey

• Helg

  Ramadan

  25 jan – 25 mar · vanligtvis

  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. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Winter inversion (15 nov – 28 feb (vanligtvis))

Mest folk — Ramadan, Semester (winter) break i Turkey

Inget nytt börjar i februari.

Pågår fortfarande: Ramadan (25 jan – 25 mar (vanligtvis)), Winter inversion (15 nov – 28 feb (vanligtvis))

Mest folk — Ramadan, Second-term mid-break i Turkey

Inget nytt börjar i mars.

Pågår fortfarande: Ramadan (25 jan – 25 mar (vanligtvis))

Mycket folk — National Sovereignty Day, skollov i 3 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

• Festival

  Ankara International Music Festival

  1–30 apr · vanligtvis

  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. Källa ↗

• Helg

  National Sovereignty Day

  22–24 aprNationell helgdagStängningarTrångt

  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. Källa ↗

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

• Helg

  Kurban Bayrami (Eid al-Adha)

  27–30 majRamadan & eidStängningarBoka tidigt

  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. Källa ↗

• Helg

  Youth and Sports Day

  19 majNationell helgdagTrångt

  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. Källa ↗

Mycket folk — Summer holidays i Turkey, skollov i 3 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

Inget nytt börjar i juni.

Pågår fortfarande: Kurban Bayrami (Eid al-Adha) (27–30 maj)

Mycket folk — Summer holidays i Turkey, skollov i 5 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

Inget nytt börjar i juli.

Mest folk — Victory Day, Summer holidays i Turkey

• Helg

  Victory Day

  30 augNationell helgdagTrångtStängningar

  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. Källa ↗

Mycket folk — Summer holidays i Turkey, skollov i 3 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

Inget nytt börjar i september.

Mycket folk — Republic Day, skollov i 3 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

• Helg

  Republic Day

  27–30 oktNationell helgdagStängningarTrångt

  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. Källa ↗

Mest folk — Atatürk commemoration, First-term mid-break i Turkey

• Helg

  Atatürk commemoration

  9–11 novNationell helgdagTrångt

  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. Källa ↗

• Säsong

  Winter inversion

  15 nov – 28 feb · vanligtvisVintersmog

  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. Källa ↗

Lugnt — skollov i 5 av marknaderna som fyller platsen, en av dess sämsta vädermånader

Inget nytt börjar i december.

Pågår fortfarande: Winter inversion (15 nov – 28 feb (vanligtvis))