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MAY (Mayis,
mah-YUHSS)
May
usually brings perfect weather throughout
Turkey, with long sunny days
and not much rain.
Though
May is the perfect time to take a Blue
Voyage yacht cruise or visit
the torrid Southeast,
it's still chilly in central-east
and northeast Anatolia.
The tourist
season begins in earnest in
May, and thus also do the sound
and light shows at the Blue
Mosque in Istanbul.
They last until October.
In 2008, the Formula
1 Grand Prix auto race takes
place at Istanbul
Park on Sunday,
May 11. Practice heats on
Friday and Saturday, May 9th
and 10th,
and the qualifying race on Saturday,
will keep most Istanbul hotels
fully booked right through
the weekend and perhaps a few days
beyond. Reserve your hotel
room well in advance! (Or
take
a tour.)
Atatürk Remembrance
and Youth & Sports
Day (Atatürk'ü Anma
ve Gençlik Spor Bayrami, May
19)
is a national holiday, commemorating Atatürk's
birthday (1881) and his arrival
in Samsun in
1919 to begin the War
of Independence that resulted
in the foundation of the Turkish
Republic.
Celebrations
on May 29, Istanbul Conquest
Day, recall the conquest
of the city by the Ottomans from
the Byzantines in
1453.
June
April
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