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Bank and Public Holidays for Turkmenistan

Turkmenistan bank holidays, national holidays and public holidays for the first 3 months of 2013, 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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11 Feb 2012 (Turkmenistan Government Information Agency-Ashgabad) Turkmenistan's President, Gurbanguly Berdimuhammadov, has signed a decree ("On the transfer of the day off on the occasion of National Flag Day of Turkmenistan") declaring Monday, February 20, 2012, as a one-off non-working public holiday in connection with the upcoming celebration of the National Flag Day of Turkmenistan. • 30 Dec 2011 (Turkmenistan Government Information Agency-Ashgabad) Turkmenistan's President, Gurbanguly Berdimuhammadov, has signed a decree declaring Monday, January 2, 2012, as a one-off non-working public holiday in connection with the upcoming celebration of the Western New Year in Turkmenistan. • 27 Oct 2011 (Turkmenistan Government Information Agency-Ashgabad) Turkmenistan's President, Gurbanguly Berdimuhammadov, has signed a decree declaring Monday to Wednesday, November 7-9, 2011, as non-working public holidays in connection with the upcoming celebration of Kurban Bayram in Turkmenistan. • 27 Aug 2011 (Turkmenistan Government Information Agency-Ashgabad) Turkmenistan's President, Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov, signed the decree "On Celebration of Oraza Bayram" declaring Wednesday, August 31, 2011, as the non-working day off public holiday for the upcoming End of Ramadan. • 10 Dec 2010 (Turkmenistan Government Information Agency-Ashgabad) Turkmenistan's President, Gurbanguly Berdimuhammadov, has signed a decree declaring Monday, December 13, 2010, as an additional non-working public holidays in connection with the upcoming celebration of the Neutrality Day public holiday. • 13 Nov 2010 (Turkmenistan Government Information Agency-Ashgabad) Turkmenistan's President, Gurbanguly Berdimuhammadov, has signed a decree declaring Wednesday to Friday, November 17-19, 2010, as non-working public holidays in connection with the celebration of Gurban Bayram in Turkmenistan. • 04 Sep 2010 (Turkmenistan Government Information Agency-Ashgabad) Turkmenistan's President, Gurbanguly Berdimuhammadov, has signed a decree declaring Friday, September 10, 2010, as the upcoming Oraza Bayram (End of Ramadan) non-working public holiday. • 19 Mar 2010 (Turkmenistan Government Information Agency-Ashgabad) During this week's meeting of the Cabinet of Ministers, the President of Turkmenistan, Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov, has announced that he had signed a decree extending the 2-day annual Novruz, Spring Holiday, public holiday for a 3rd day, Tuesday, March 23, 2010. • 17 Jan 2010 (State News Agency of Turkmenistan-TDH) At this week's enlarged meeting of the Cabinet of Ministers, Turkmenistan's President, Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov, announced the decision to celebrate the Day of Oil and Gas Industry Workers and Geologists each year on December 14. • 10 Nov 2009 (Turkmenistan Government Information Agency-Ashgabad) The President of Turkmenistan, Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov, has signed the "Decree On The Kurban Bayramy Celebrations" which sets the Kurban Bayramy celebrations in Turkmenistan, for the period of November 28-30, 2009, with an additional, one-off, day in lieu, public holiday on Tuesday, December 1st, 2009. • More News Updates For the full version of the summarized news items above, and older news items not displayed above, go to the Turkmenistan public holidays news and updates page, or worldwide public holidays news and updates page, or subscribe to one of our free email newsletters.

Earthquake Remembrance Day is a public holiday in Turkmenistan so that people can commemorate their relatives, visit a graveyard, and offer prayers in the mosques and churches for the peace of soul of victims of the battlefields and devastating earthquake in Ashgabat in 1948. • Seker Bairam (End of Ramadan): Turkmenistan revived Seker Bairam, also known as Oraza, as national public holiday in 1999. • Melon Day is national holiday observed annually in August, and which was established by a decree of President Saparmurat Niyazov in 1994. Since Niyazov's death in late 2006, this holidays has fallen out of favour. • Turkmen Carpet Day is another one of late President Niyazov's creations and is reported to be widely celebrated in Turkmenistan in late May. • Health Day, traditionally held in November is an occasion for the President and members of his government to climb up the Path of Health scenic route. We have confirmation that this holiday has been retained as of 2007. • Commemorative Days: The full list of commemorative days, following the January 2008 revision, is: • Suw damjasy altyn danesi (a drop of water is a grain of gold) holiday - the first Sunday of April • World health day - April 7 • Turkmen horse holiday - last Sunday of April • Turkmen carpet holiday - last Sunday of May • World children's day - June 1 • World environment day - June 5 • Day of science - June 12 • Galla Bayramy (Day of harvest) - third Sunday of July • Turkmen melon day - second Sunday of August • Day of knowledge and students - September 1 • Day of Ruhnama - September 12 • Day of Turkmen bakhshi - second Sunday of September • World elders day - October 1 • Day of harvest - last Sunday of November • Day of good neighborliness - first Sunday of December • Day of commemoration of the first president of Turkmenistan, Saparmurat Niyazov - December 21. • Turkmenistan International Codes TM and TKM (2 and 3-letter ISO3166 codes) and .tm (ICANN national top-level internet domain). • Other Sources of Information The following specialized websites are also a good source of Turkmenistan information and news: ASI Hot Spots (security-related world events: terrorist threats, political strife, strikes, criminal activity, aviation incidents and health outbreaks), CIA World Factbook (Turkmenistan maps, demographics and economic statistics), the IFES (information covering upcoming elections, referenda, electoral structures and voter participation in Turkmenistan), and Wikipedia (includes Turkmenistan commemorative dates that are not necessarily public holidays).

Religion of Specific Business Contacts : Some of the business contacts that you may be trying to meet in Turkmenistan, may belong to a religious group that is not common in Turkmenistan, 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 Turkmenistan. For more information, see our pages on the religious calendars of the world.

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 2013 bank holidays, legal holidays and public holidays for Turkmenistan, 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 Turkmenistan, before planning any trip to Turkmenistan. For last-minute updates to worldwide public holidays, visit our worldwide public holidays news and updates page or subscribe to our free email newsletters.