Public holidays · 2025
Eid al-Adha (from 1pm) falls on Thursday, June 5, 2025 in Türkiye in 2025.
A public holiday across Türkiye: most employees have the day off.
In 2025 it falls on a Thursday, a working day.
The date follows a lunar or religious calendar, so it moves every year and is often confirmed only shortly before.
Saturday and Sunday · A public holiday does not always close every business. Essential services, shops and some industries keep working, and pay rules differ by country and contract.
Eid al-Adha, the Festival of Sacrifice, is the second of the two main Islamic festivals. It commemorates the willingness of the prophet Ibrahim, known in the Bible as Abraham, to sacrifice his son in obedience to God, who then provided a ram in the son's place. Muslims overwhelmingly identify the son as Ismail. The festival coincides with the end of the Hajj pilgrimage to Mecca, and the Day of Arafat, the 9th of Dhu al-Hijjah and the central day of the pilgrimage, comes the day before. It is also called the Greater Eid (al-Eid al-Kabir), and Bakrid or Bakri Eid in South Asia.
The day opens with a congregational prayer in the morning, followed by the sacrifice of an animal such as a sheep, goat, cow or camel by those who can afford it. The meat is generally divided into three parts, one for the family, one for relatives and friends and one for the poor. Celebrations usually run for several days. In Turkey and the Balkans the festival is called Kurban Bayrami, the Feast of Sacrifice.
Everywhere in Türkiye.
Also known as: Kurban Bayramı · Eid al-Adha
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A public holiday across Türkiye: most employees have the day off.
Thursday, June 5, 2025.