İzmir, Türkiye: yıl boyunca neler var

Kalabalık — Türkiye genelinde Semester (winter) break, burayı dolduran pazarların 6 tanesinde okul tatili

Ocak ayında yeni bir şey başlamıyor.

Kalabalık — Türkiye genelinde Semester (winter) break, burayı dolduran pazarların 2 tanesinde okul tatili

• Tatil

  Ramazan Bayrami (Eid al-Fitr)

  20–22 MarRamazan ve BayramKapanışlarErken rezervasyon

  Three days of public holiday after the fast, with a half day before, and often bridged into a longer break. Government offices and many family-run shops close on the first day, and intercity buses and domestic flights sell out days ahead as families travel. Kaynak ↗

Çok kalabalık — Ramazan Bayrami (Eid al-Fitr), Türkiye genelinde Second-term mid-break

• Festival

  European Jazz Festival

  1–15 Mar · geneldeMüzik festivaliErken rezervasyon

  Izmir's longest-running jazz festival, staged at the Ahmed Adnan Saygun Art Center since 1994, with international acts, workshops and photo exhibitions through the first half of March. Kaynak ↗

Hâlâ sürüyor: Ramazan Bayrami (Eid al-Fitr) (20–22 Mar)

Çok kalabalık — Izmir Marathon, Alacati Herb Festival

• Festival

  Izmir Marathon

  5–20 Nis · geneldeSpor etkinliğiKalabalıkKapanışlar

  A World Athletics label road race through the city each April, with the coastal course closing roads along the bay on race morning. Kaynak ↗

• Festival

  Alacati Herb Festival

  20–26 NisYeme içme festivaliKalabalık

  Wild-herb dishes, foraging walks and stalls fill Alacati for about a week each spring; it's in Cesme district, roughly 90 minutes from central Izmir by road, so plan it as a day trip. Kaynak ↗

Kalabalık — Kurban Bayrami (Eid al-Adha), burayı dolduran pazarların 2 tanesinde okul tatili

• Tatil

  Kurban Bayrami (Eid al-Adha)

  27–30 MayRamazan ve BayramKapanışlarErken rezervasyon

  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. Kaynak ↗

Kalabalık — Türkiye genelinde Summer holidays, burayı dolduran pazarların 3 tanesinde okul tatili

• Festival

  International Izmir Festival

  4 Haz – 8 TemMüzik festivali

  Five weeks of concerts that move between the Agora, the Celsus library at Ephesus and Cesme castle. The ancient venues sell out first and the drive back from Selcuk is the catch. Kaynak ↗

• Sezon

  Sea warm enough to swim

  10 Haz – 20 Eki · genelde

  Nobody swims in the gulf itself; the season is measured by the peninsula, Cesme and Urla, forty minutes west. It stays swimmable well into October once the crowds have gone.

• Risk

  Wildfire season

  15 Haz – 30 Eyl · geneldeDuman sezonu

  Izmir province burns nearly every summer, usually in the pine hills between the city and the peninsula. The city itself is rarely threatened; the coast road and the smoke are what change plans. Kaynak ↗

Hâlâ sürüyor: Kurban Bayrami (Eid al-Adha) (27–30 May)

Kalabalık — Türkiye genelinde Summer holidays, burayı dolduran pazarların 5 tanesinde okul tatili

Temmuz ayında yeni bir şey başlamıyor.

Hâlâ sürüyor: International Izmir Festival (4 Haz – 8 Tem), Sea warm enough to swim (10 Haz – 20 Eki (genelde)), Wildfire season (15 Haz – 30 Eyl (genelde))

Kalabalık — Türkiye genelinde Summer holidays, burayı dolduran pazarların 4 tanesinde okul tatili

• Sezon

  The city moves to the coast

  1–31 AğuOkul tatilleri

  Izmir empties westward in August: half the good restaurants in Alsancak shut for the month while Cesme and Alacati charge triple. The city is at its most liveable and least interesting.

Hâlâ sürüyor: Sea warm enough to swim (10 Haz – 20 Eki (genelde)), Wildfire season (15 Haz – 30 Eyl (genelde))

Çok kalabalık — Izmir International Fair, Türkiye genelinde Summer holidays

• Festival

  Izmir International Fair

  5–13 EylBüyük festivalKalabalık

  Ninety-five editions of a trade fair that turned into a city festival, held in the Kulturpark. It brackets 9 September, the day Izmir marks its liberation with a half marathon and fireworks. Kaynak ↗

Hâlâ sürüyor: Sea warm enough to swim (10 Haz – 20 Eki (genelde)), Wildfire season (15 Haz – 30 Eyl (genelde))

Kalabalık — burayı dolduran pazarların 3 tanesinde okul tatili, hava açısından en iyi aylarından biri

Ekim ayında yeni bir şey başlamıyor.

Hâlâ sürüyor: Sea warm enough to swim (10 Haz – 20 Eki (genelde))

Kalabalık — Türkiye genelinde First-term mid-break

• Sezon

  Aegean olive harvest

  1 Kas – 20 Ara · genelde

  The groves around Urla and Seferihisar are picked and pressed through November, and the new oil turns up green and peppery in the markets. It is the one reason to be here out of season.

Sakin — burayı dolduran pazarların 5 tanesinde okul tatili, hava açısından en kötü aylarından biri

Aralık ayında yeni bir şey başlamıyor.

Hâlâ sürüyor: Aegean olive harvest (1 Kas – 20 Ara (genelde))