Holidays and Observances in Turkmenistan in 2017
Date | Name | Type | |
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Jan 1 | Sunday | New Year's Day | Public Holiday |
Jan 12 | Thursday | Memory Day | Public Holiday |
Feb 19 | Sunday | State Flag of Turkmenistan Day | Public Holiday |
Mar 8 | Wednesday | International Women's Day | Public Holiday |
Mar 20 | Monday | March Equinox | Season |
Mar 21 | Tuesday | Nowruz Bayram (Spring Festival) | Public Holiday |
Mar 22 | Wednesday | Nowruz Bayram (Spring Festival) | Public Holiday |
Apr 2 | Sunday | A Drop of Water - A grain of Gold | Observance |
Apr 30 | Sunday | Turkmen Racing Horse Festival | Observance |
May 8 | Monday | Commemoration National Heroes WWII | Public Holiday |
May 9 | Tuesday | Victory Day | Public Holiday |
May 18 | Thursday | Day of Revival, Unity, and the Poetry of Magtymguly | Public Holiday |
May 28 | Sunday | Carpet Day | Observance |
Jun 21 | Wednesday | June Solstice | Season |
Jun 26 | Monday | Oraza Bayram | Public Holiday |
Jun 27 | Tuesday | Day of Turkmen Workers of Culture and Art | Public Holiday |
Jul 16 | Sunday | Galla Bayramy (Wheat Harvest Festival) | Observance |
Aug 13 | Sunday | Turkmen Melon Day | Observance |
Sep 2 | Saturday | Kurban Bayramy | Public Holiday |
Sep 10 | Sunday | Day of the Workers in the Energy Sector | Observance |
Sep 10 | Sunday | Turkmen Bakhshi Day | Observance |
Sep 23 | Saturday | September Equinox | Season |
Oct 6 | Friday | Day of Commemoration and National Mourning | Public Holiday |
Oct 27 | Friday | Independence Day | Public Holiday |
Nov 4 | Saturday | Health Day | Observance |
Nov 26 | Sunday | Harvest Festival | Observance |
Dec 3 | Sunday | Good Neighborliness Day | Observance |
Dec 12 | Tuesday | Day of Neutrality | Public Holiday |
Dec 14 | Thursday | Day of the Workers of Oil, Gas, Power and Geological Industry | Observance |
Dec 21 | Thursday | Niyazov Day | Observance |
Dec 21 | Thursday | December Solstice | Season |
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