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Bank and Public Holidays for
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Related and neighboring countries: Europe Cyprus Turkey
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North Cyprus bank
holidays, national holidays and public holidays for 2012, from
the Q++ Worldwide Public Holidays Database,
the professional source of international public holidays long trusted by
the world's
foremost diary publishers. The information on this page is provided for
private, non-professional, use. |
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Sun |
New Year's Day
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Children's Day
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Labour Day
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Youth and Sports Day
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Peace and Freedom Day
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Social Resistance Day (Establishment date of T.M.T)
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Sat |
End of Ramadan Holiday
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Sun |
Ramazan Bayram (End of Ramadan)
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Mon |
End of Ramadan Holiday
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Tue |
End of Ramadan Holiday
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Victory Day
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Wed |
Kurban Bayram Holiday
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Kurban Bayram (Feast of Sacrifice)
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Fri |
Kurban Bayram Holiday
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Sat |
Kurban Bayram Holiday
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Turkish Republic Day
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Thu |
Republic Day of TRNC
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Recent News and Updates |
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03 Nov 2010 (North Cyprus Free Press-Lefkosa) The government of North Cyprus has announced that the public holidays for the upcoming Kurban Bayram festival would be from November 15-19, 2010.
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Background Information |
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North Cyprus International Codes CY and CYP (2 and 3-letter ISO3166 codes) and .tr (ICANN national top-level internet domain). • Other Sources of Information The following specialized websites are also a good source of North Cyprus information and news: Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey (North Cyprus central bank), ASI Hot Spots (security-related world events: terrorist threats, political strife, strikes, criminal activity, aviation incidents and health outbreaks), CIA World Factbook (North Cyprus maps, demographics and economic statistics), the IFES (information covering upcoming elections, referenda, electoral structures and voter participation in North Cyprus), and Wikipedia (includes North Cyprus commemorative dates that are not necessarily public holidays). |
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Footnotes |
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Religion of Specific Business Contacts : Some of the business contacts that you may be trying to meet in North Cyprus, may belong to a religious group that is not common in North Cyprus, and therefore which is not included in the above list of public holidays or bank holidays. To be safe, you should also verify that no major religious holidays coincides with any planned business trip to North Cyprus. For more information, see our pages on the religious calendars of the world. |
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Religious Holidays : Public holidays in North Cyprus that are based on certain religious calendars may be subject to local variations due to differing interpretations between different religious authorities, or to seemingly arbitrary changes in the date a holiday is celebrated because it conflicts with another holiday that is based on another calendar, or because the day of the holiday is deemed inauspicious (bad luck). To find out more about these uncertainties, see the footnote below, if any, for each specific religion. |
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Muslim Holidays : Muslim bank holidays, legal holidays and public holidays for North Cyprus were evaluated using the Umm al-Qura Calendar of Saudi Arabia which is used in Saudi Arabia and in most of the Persian Gulf States. Holidays may occur a day later in countries outside the Gulf region. The sunrises, sunsets, moon phases, moonrises and moonsets used in these calculations are based on the location of Mecca (latitude 21.42°N, longitude, 39.82°E, GMT+3 hours, no summer time rules). For more details on Muslim holidays, see Muslim Calendar Holidays. For Salat (prayer times) calculations, see our Freeware page. |
Disclaimer
In many parts of
the world, holidays are subject to arbitrary, last minute, changes by local
authorities. While every effort has been made to present an accurate list of
2012 bank holidays, legal holidays and public holidays for North Cyprus, we
cannot accept any responsibility for any error or omission in the data presented
above. You are therefore advised to verify
the above dates with the embassy or consulate of North Cyprus, before planning any
trip to North Cyprus. For last-minute updates to worldwide public holidays, visit
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