İstanbul, Türkiye: yıl boyunca neler var

Sakin — editörün seçtiği sakin ay, Türkiye genelinde Semester (winter) break

Ocak ayında yeni bir şey başlamıyor.

Hâlâ sürüyor: Hamsi season (1 Kas – 28 Şub (genelde)), Lodos and poyraz storm season (15 Kas – 15 Mar (genelde))

Sakin — editörün seçtiği sakin ay, Ramadan

• Tatil

  Ramadan

  17 Şub – 19 MarKalabalık

  Sultanahmet fills at sunset for iftar and the mosque courtyards are laid with tables. Museums keep normal hours; the atmosphere is the reason to come, not an obstacle. Kaynak ↗

Hâlâ sürüyor: Hamsi season (1 Kas – 28 Şub (genelde)), Lodos and poyraz storm season (15 Kas – 15 Mar (genelde))

Kalabalık — iki zirve arasında, Ramadan

• Tatil

  Ramazan Bayrami

  20–22 MarRamazan ve BayramKalabalıkKapanışlar

  Three public holidays that empty the offices and fill the coach stations. The historic peninsula gets busier, not quieter, because the rest of Turkey comes to it. Kaynak ↗

Hâlâ sürüyor: Ramadan (17 Şub – 19 Mar), Lodos and poyraz storm season (15 Kas – 15 Mar (genelde))

Ara sezon — iki zirve arasında, burayı dolduran pazarların 3 tanesinde okul tatili

• Festival

  Tulip Festival

  1–30 NisKır çiçekleri ve çiçeklenme

  The municipality plants millions of bulbs across Emirgan, Gulhane and the Asian-side parks. The flower was Ottoman long before it was Dutch, and the city is not shy about saying so. Kaynak ↗

Kalabalık — iki zirve arasında, Kurban Bayrami

• Tatil

  Kurban Bayrami

  27–30 MayRamazan ve BayramKapanışlarKalabalık

  The longer of the two religious holidays. Residents leave for the coast, shops shut for several days and the ferries to the islands run full. Kaynak ↗

• Festival

  Istanbul Music Festival

  30 May – 30 Haz · genelde

  Classical concerts through June in Hagia Eirene inside the Topkapi walls and in churches and cisterns around the old city, run by the foundation behind the jazz and film festivals. Tickets are cheap by European standards. Kaynak ↗

Çok kalabalık — editörün seçtiği zirve ay, Türkiye genelinde Summer holidays

Haziran ayında yeni bir şey başlamıyor.

Hâlâ sürüyor: Kurban Bayrami (27–30 May), Istanbul Music Festival (30 May – 30 Haz (genelde))

Çok kalabalık — editörün seçtiği zirve ay, Türkiye genelinde Summer holidays

• Sezon

  Sea warm enough to swim

  15 Tem – 30 Eyl · genelde

  The Marmara and the Black Sea beaches hold their heat into late September, which is when the islands and the Sile coast are worth the trip out.

• Festival

  Bosphorus cross-continental swim

  15 Tem – 31 Ağu · geneldeSpor etkinliğiKapanışlar

  One morning in high summer the strait is closed to all shipping and a few thousand swimmers cross from Kanlica down to Kurucesme. Watching from the Asian shore is free; entry places go the day they open. Kaynak ↗

Çok kalabalık — editörün seçtiği zirve ay, Victory Day

• Tatil

  Victory Day

  30 AğuResmî tatilKapanışlar

  A public holiday on 30 August, with a parade and the bridges lit. It lands at the end of the school holidays, so the coach stations and the domestic flights out of the city are full for several days around it. Kaynak ↗

Hâlâ sürüyor: Sea warm enough to swim (15 Tem – 30 Eyl (genelde)), Bosphorus cross-continental swim (15 Tem – 31 Ağu (genelde))

Kalabalık — iki zirve arasında, Türkiye genelinde Summer holidays

Eylül ayında yeni bir şey başlamıyor.

Hâlâ sürüyor: Sea warm enough to swim (15 Tem – 30 Eyl (genelde))

Kalabalık — iki zirve arasında, Republic Day

• Tatil

  Republic Day

  28–29 EkiResmî tatilKalabalıkKapanışlar

  The holiday starts at one o'clock on 28 October. Streets close for parades and there are fireworks over the Bosphorus, and moving across the city those two days is hopeless. Kaynak ↗

Sakin — editörün seçtiği sakin ay, Istanbul Marathon

• Doğa

  Hamsi season

  1 Kas – 28 Şub · geneldeDoğadan toplama sezonu

  The Black Sea anchovy run reaches the city and the small fish turn up grilled and fried at every quayside counter. It is the one thing Istanbul cooks by the calendar. Kaynak ↗

• Festival

  Istanbul Marathon

  1–15 Kas · geneldeSpor etkinliğiKapanışlarKalabalık

  The only marathon that crosses between two continents: the course runs over the Bosphorus bridge, shut to traffic from the night before. Most of the field is there for the eight-kilometre walk over it. Kaynak ↗

• Sezon

  Lodos and poyraz storm season

  15 Kas – 15 Mar · geneldeRüzgâr sezonuKapanışlarRisk

  The two winter winds take turns, and when either blows hard the Bosphorus ferries and the island boats are cancelled at short notice. Have a bridge route in reserve. Kaynak ↗

Sakin — editörün seçtiği sakin ay, burayı dolduran pazarların 5 tanesinde okul tatili

Aralık ayında yeni bir şey başlamıyor.

Hâlâ sürüyor: Hamsi season (1 Kas – 28 Şub (genelde)), Lodos and poyraz storm season (15 Kas – 15 Mar (genelde))