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Bank and Public Holidays for North Cyprus

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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.

Date in 2012

Holiday Name
Sun New Year's Day
Mon Children's Day
Tue Labour Day
Sat Youth and Sports Day
Fri Peace and Freedom Day
Wed Social Resistance Day (Establishment date of T.M.T)
Sat End of Ramadan Holiday
Sun Ramazan Bayram (End of Ramadan)
Mon End of Ramadan Holiday
Tue End of Ramadan Holiday
Thu Victory Day
Wed Kurban Bayram Holiday
Thu Kurban Bayram (Feast of Sacrifice)
Fri Kurban Bayram Holiday
Sat Kurban Bayram Holiday
Mon Turkish Republic Day
Thu Republic Day of TRNC

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Recent News and Updates

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.  More News Updates For the full version of the summarized news items above, and older news items not displayed above, go to the North Cyprus public holidays news and updates page, or worldwide public holidays news and updates page, or subscribe to one of our free email newsletters.


Background Information

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).


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 our worldwide public holidays news and updates page or subscribe to our free email newsletters.



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