Public
Holiday
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s in
Turkmenistan
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are laid out in the
Constitution of Turkmenistan
The Constitution of Turkmenistan () adopted on 18 May 1992 is the supreme law of Turkmenistan (Article 5). In its preamble, the Constitution emphasizes self-determination for the Turkmen people, as well as the rule of law and rights for citizens. ...
, which acts as a list of nationally recognized public holidays in the country.
Main public holidays
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New Year's Day
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(January 1)
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International Women's Day
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(March 8)
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Nowruz
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(March 21–22)
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State Flag and Constitution Day (May 18)
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Independence Day
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(September 27)
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Day of Remembrance (October 6)
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Day of Neutrality
Neutrality Day of Turkmenistan () is the second most important state holiday in Turkmenistan. This date is celebrated in Turkmenistan annually on December 12. It coincides with the International Day of Neutrality as well as Students Day (since ...
(December 12)
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Uraza Bayram (
Shawwal
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1; Gregorian date determined annually by Presidential decree)
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Kurban Bayram
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Dhu al-Hijja
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10; Gregorian date determined annually by Presidential decree)
Professional holidays
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Memorial Day
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(January 12)
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Defender of the Fatherland Day
Defender of the Fatherland Day ( ''Den' zashchitnika Otechestva''; ; ; ; ) is a holiday observed in Russia, Turkmenistan, Belarus, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan and Tajikistan. It is celebrated on 23 February, except in Kazakhstan, where it is celebra ...
(January 27)
* Turkmen Racing Horse Festival (ru: Праздник туркменского скакуна) (27 April)
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Day of Remembrance of National Heroes of Turkmenistan in the 1941-1945 World War (May 9)
* Day of Revival, Unity, and the Poetry of
Magtymguly
Magtymguly Pyragy ( ''Makhdumqoli Farāghi''; , ; , born Magtymguly, was an Iranian-Turkmen spiritual leader, philosophical poet, Sufi and traveller, who is considered the most famous figure in Turkmen literary history.
Magtymguly is the grea ...
(May 18–19)
* Turkmen Carpet Day (День туркменского ковра) (last Sunday in May)
* Day of Turkmen Workers of Culture and Art
(June 27)
* Third Sunday in July – Galla Bayramy (celebration of the wheat harvest)
* Day of the
Ministry of Internal Affairs
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(May 29)
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Border Guards Day
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(August 11)
* Day of the Workers in the Oil, Gas, Power, and Geological Industry (second Saturday in September)
* Turkmen
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Day (second Sunday in September)
* Day of the Worker in the Organs of National Security (September 30)
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Day of the Navy (October 9)
Other holidays
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Turkmen Melon Day (Second Sunday in August)
* Good Neighborliness Day (First Sunday in December)
* Day of Remembrance of the First President of Turkmenistan
Saparmurat Niyazov
Saparmurat Atayevich Niyazov (19 February 1940 – 21 December 2006) was a Turkmenistani politician who led Turkmenistan from 1985 until his death in 2006. He was the Secretary (title), first secretary of the Communist Party of Turkmenist ...
References
* ''Independent Neutral Turkmenistan: 10 Glorious Years of the Epoch of Turkmenbashi the Great'', Ashgabat, 2001, pp. 49–51 .
* ''Turkmenistan to the Heights of the Golden Age'', Ashgabat, 2005, p. 44.
* ''Statistical Yearbook of Turkmenistan 2000-2004'', National Institute of State Statistics and Information of Turkmenistan, Ashgabat, 2005, pp. 6–7.
Further reading
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External links
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Turkmenistan
Turkmenistan is a landlocked country in Central Asia bordered by Kazakhstan to the northwest, Uzbekistan to the north, east and northeast, Afghanistan to the southeast, Iran to the south and southwest and the Caspian Sea to the west. Ash ...