Dari ritus musim semi Hıdrellez hingga tarian berputar para darwis Mevlevi pada Desember, perayaan Turki memadukan irama musim, tradisi Islam serta pertandingan berusia berabad-abad seperti gulat berminyak di Kırkpınar.
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Untuk kehidupan sipil, Turki memakai kalender Gregorian, tetapi hari raya keagamaannya mengikuti kalender candra Islam dan bergeser sekitar sebelas hari lebih awal setiap tahun; beberapa adat musim seminya berkumpul di sekitar 21 Maret dan 6 Mei, titik balik musim yang lama.
Banyak perayaannya tercatat pada daftar warisan takbenda UNESCO — di antaranya gulat berminyak Kırkpınar, pesta Mesir Macunu, Hıdrellez dan upacara Sema Mevlevi — dan beberapa telah digelar di tempat yang sama selama ratusan tahun.
Şeb-i Arûs
Every December, Konya remembers the death of Mevlana Jalaluddin Rumi, which he himself called his wedding night. For eleven days the city holds sema ceremonies of the whirling Mevlevi, concerts, poetry and exhibitions, ending on the night of 17 December.
7–17 Desember 2026Dihitung
Mesir Macunu Festivali
Each March in Manisa, a healing paste of forty-one spices and herbs is wrapped in thousands of small papers and thrown from the minaret and domes of the Sultan Mosque, while crowds below compete to catch a piece — a custom kept for some four hundred years.
21–24 Maret 2027Dihitung
On 6 May, the day nature is said to awaken, Türkiye celebrates spring. People write wishes and leave them at rose trees, gather in green places outside town, and keep old customs of water and wild flowers for health and plenty in the year ahead.
6 Mei 2027Dihitung
Kırkpınar Yağlı Güreşleri
Every summer in Edirne, wrestlers slick with oil and wearing leather kıspet trousers fight for the Golden Belt and the title of Chief Pehlivan, to the sound of drum and shawm — a festival that counts its editions in the hundreds.
Juni–Juli 2027Perkiraan periode