1 Shawwal in the Islamic calendar — the end of the Ramadan fast; moves about 11 days earlier each year· Holiday
Eid al-Fitr
The festival marking the end of the Ramadan fast — a public holiday by law in Azerbaijan, Türkiye, Turkmenistan (Oraza Baýramy), Kyrgyzstan (Orozo Ait), Uzbekistan (Ramazon Hayiti) and the TRNC.
Eid al-Fitr marks the end of the fast kept during Ramadan, the ninth month of the Islamic calendar, and begins on the first day of Shawwal. Because the Islamic calendar is lunar, the festival moves about 11 days earlier every year and passes through all the seasons over 33 years.
It is a public holiday by law in Azerbaijan, Türkiye, Turkmenistan (Oraza Baýramy), Kyrgyzstan (Orozo Ait), Uzbekistan (Ramazon Hayiti) and the TRNC. The exact date is announced each year by the government on the basis of religious authorities' calculations.
How it is marked
The day begins with the festival prayer; alms are given, elders are visited, children receive sweets and pocket money, and families gather around one table. In Türkiye the festival is also popularly called the Sugar Feast (Şeker Bayramı).
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Dome of the Taza Pir Mosque in Baku · Petar Milošević / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 
Taza Pir Mosque, Baku · Petar Milošević / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 
Sultan Ahmed Mosque in Istanbul · Benh LIEU SONG (Flickr) / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0 
Bibi-Khanym Mosque, Samarkand · Bgag / Wikimedia Commons · CC0 
Nur-Astana Mosque in Astana · Davide Mauro / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 
Ertuğrul Gazi Mosque, Ashgabat · Hans Birger Nilsen / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0 
Selimiye Mosque in Lefkoşa · Jules Verne Times Two / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
Kyrgyzstan: other days
- January 1New Year's Day
- January 7Orthodox Christmas
- February 23Defender of the Fatherland Day
- March 5Ak-kalpak Day
- March 8International Women's Day
- March 21Nooruz
- April 7Day of the People's April Revolution
- May 1Labour Day
- May 5Constitution Day
- May 9Victory Day
- May 29Armed Forces Day
- August 31Independence Day
- September 23State Language Day
- October 3Founding of the Organization of Turkic States
- November 7Days of History and Commemoration of Ancestors
- 10 Dhu al-Hijjah in the Islamic calendar — the feast of the Hajj pilgrimage; moves about 11 days earlier each yearEid al-Adha