The Islamic holy month of Ramadan (called Ramazan in Turkey) is a special time.

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The Islamic holy month of Ramadan (called Ramazan in Turkey) is a special time. The holy month, and the 3-day holiday that follows it, can affect travelers' plans.

Being an Islamic holiday, Ramazan begins 11 days earlier each succeeding year. Here are the estimated Ramazan dates for the next few years:

Ramazan       Bayram
2011: 1 August - 29 August 2012: 20 July - 18 August 2013: 9 July - 7 August       30 August-1 September
19-21 August
8-10 August
THE NIGHT OF POWER
The 27th of Ramazan, Kadir Gecesi (Lailat al Kadr), the Night of Power, commemorates, among other things, the revelation of the Qur'an to the Prophet Muhammed.

In Turkey it's celebrated on these dates, beginning—as the traditional Islamic day does—at sunset in the evening and lasting until the following evening:

2011: 26/27 August (Friday/Saturday)

2012: 14/15 August (Tuesday/Wednesday)

2013: 3/4 August (Saturday/Sunday)
RAMAZAN (?EKER) BAYRAMI
Ramazan is followed immediately by the three-day national holiday of Ramazan Bayram? (also called ?eker Bayram?, Candy Festival; Eid es-Seghir or Eid al-Fitr in Arabic) which falls on these (estimated) dates:

2011: Half-day "preparation" (arife) holiday on Monday, 29 August, full-day holidays on 30 and 31 August, and 1 September (Tuesday-Wednesday-Thursday).

2012: Half-day "preparation" (arife) holiday on Saturday, 18 August, full-day holidays on 19, 20 & 21 August (Sunday-Monday-Tuesday).

2013: Half-day "preparation" (arife) holiday on Wednesday, 7 August, full-day holidays on 8, 9 &10 August (Thursday-Friday-Saturday).