May 1· Holiday
Labour Day
The holiday of working people — Labour and Solidarity Day in Türkiye and the Feast of Labour in Hungary; a day off in Türkiye, Kyrgyzstan, the TRNC and Hungary.
1 May is the international holiday of working people, commemorating the workers' movement that began in Chicago in 1886 with the demand for an eight-hour working day.
In Türkiye 1 May has again been an official holiday since 2009 under the name Labour and Solidarity Day. Hungary marks the Feast of Labour (A munka ünnepe), and the day is a public holiday by law in Kyrgyzstan and the TRNC as well; in Kazakhstan 1 May is celebrated as the Unity Day of the People.
How it is marked
Trade unions hold marches and rallies, city parks host concerts and family festivities, and many people spend the day outdoors enjoying the spring.
Video
Photos
Hungarian Parliament, Budapest · Godot13 / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 
A Labour Day parade · Rocco Rossi / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0 
Labour Day · Rocco Rossi / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0 
Ala-Too Square in Bishkek · Adam Harangozó / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 
Kyrenia harbour · Michal Klajban / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 
Istanbul · SeablueTravelOfficial / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
Hungary: other days
- January 1New Year's Day
- January 22Day of Hungarian Culture
- February 25Memorial Day for the Victims of Communism
- March 15Day of the 1848 Revolution
- April 16Holocaust Memorial Day
- June 4Day of National Unity
- August 20State Foundation Day (St Stephen's Day)
- October 3Founding of the Organization of Turkic States
- October 6Memorial Day for the Martyrs of Arad
- October 231956 Revolution and Republic Day
- November 1All Saints' Day
- December 25Christmas
- 50 days after Easter, Sunday and Monday; May – JunePentecost (Pünkösd)
- Sunday and Monday after the first spring full moon; late March – AprilEaster
- The Friday before Easter; late March – AprilGood Friday