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Public Holidays and Bank Holidays for Turkmenistan

The list of Turkmenistan bank holidays, national holidays and public holidays for 2008, comes 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. Qualified professionals can license data for 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, and beyond. For details, please visit our licensing information page or

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02 Dec 2008 (Turkmenistan.ru) Turkmenistan's President, Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov, signed a decree setting the dates of the upcoming Kurban Bayramy (aka. Eid al-Adha) as Tuesday, December 9, to Thursday, December 11, 2008. • 27 Nov 2008 (IWPR) The government of Turkmenistan has indirectly confirmed that the 3-day of public holidays for the upcoming Eid al Adha public holiday (known locally as Kurban Bairam) would begin on Monday, December 8, 2008. • 28 Sep 2008 (Trend) The Mejlis (Parliament) of Turkmenistan has adopted a new constitution which enshrines its resolution of last spring "On [the] national system of chronology in Turkmenistan" under which Turkmenistan would return to universally recognized (Gregorian) month names and sequence. • 25 Jul 2008 (Turkmenistan.ru) The President of Turkmenistan, Gurbanguly Berdymukhamdov, instructed the chairperson of the Turkmen parliament, Akja Nurverdiyeva, to make amendments to the list of Turkmenistan's holidays as well as to the legislation of Turkmenistan, to establish a new national holiday, the Day of Turkmen Cultural Workers, to be marked annually on June 27. • 24 Jan 2008 (International Herald Tribune) The president of Turkmenistan has abolished a public holiday honoring the birthday of his predecessor, Saparmurat Niyazov, whose February 19 birthday was one of Turkmenistan's most important public holidays. • 11 Dec 2007 (Turkmenistan.ru) Turkmenistan's President issued a decree confirming the 3-day period of Thursday to Saturday, December 20-22, 2007, as the official public holidays dates for this year's Kurban Bayramy. • 31 Dec 2006 (Interfax) Turkmenistan is marking the beginning of the Eid-ul-Adha holiday, also known as Kurban Bairam. • 26 Dec 2006 (Reuters) The People's Assembly, Turkmenistan's top legislative body, unanimously voted in favor of holding a presidential election on February 11, 2007, to choose a successor to the late President Saparmurat Niyazov. • 23 Dec 2006 (Al Jazeera) Following the death of Turkmenistan's autocratic president, Saparmurat Niyazov, who died of heart failure last Thursday, and whose funeral is scheduled for next Sunday, all restaurants, cafes and liquor shops were closed throughout the country, and weddings were ordered to be postponed until December 30, the end of the national mourning period. • 21 Dec 2006 (IWPR) President Saparmurat Niazov, died this morning of a heart attack. As news of Niazov’s death broke, Turkmenistan announced a 7-day period of national mourning, and closed its borders. • 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. • Other Sources of Information For information not covered here, see the following specialized websites: ASI Hot Spots (security-related world events: terrorist threats, political strife, strikes, criminal activity, aviation incidents and health outbreaks), CIA World Factbook (maps, demographic and economic statistics), Copp Clark (financial markets' trading hours, settlement holidays and currency non-clearing days), and the IFES Election Guide (information covering upcoming elections, referenda, electoral structures and past voter participation).

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.

Religious Holidays : Public holidays in Turkmenistan that are based on certain religious calendars may be subject to local variations due to differing interpretations between different religious authorities, or to seemingly arbitrary changes in the date a holiday is celebrated because it conflicts with another holiday that is based on another calendar, or because the day of the holiday is deemed inauspicious (bad luck). To find out more about these uncertainties, see the footnote below, if any, for each specific religion.

Muslim Holidays : Muslim bank holidays, legal holidays and public holidays for Turkmenistan were evaluated using the Umm al-Qura Calendar of Saudi Arabia which is used in Saudi Arabia and in most of the Persian Gulf States. Holidays may occur a day later in countries outside the Gulf region. The sunrises, sunsets, moon phases, moonrises and moonsets used in these calculations are based on the location of Mecca (latitude 21.42°N, longitude, 39.82°E, GMT+3 hours, no summer time rules). For more details on Muslim holidays, see Muslim Calendar Holidays. For Salat (prayer times) calculations, see our Freeware page.

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 2008 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 blog or subscribe to our free email newsletters.