Holidays

Some of the holidays in Turkey is Victory Day, Republic Day, and Kurban Bayrami. [|Victory Day] is celebrated on the 30th of August. It refers back to a battle that was started on the 26th of August 1922 when Greek troups invaded Turkey. The battle soon ended 4 days later on August 30th. [|Republic Day] is celebrated on the 28th and 29th of October, but the 28th is only have a day. This celbrations marks the day in 1923 when Turkey's constitution was changed. By doing this they freed themselves from the Ottoman Empire and became Republic. [|Kurban Bayrami] is celebrated through the 27th and 30th of November. This is a religious holiday that remembers the day when Abraham sacrificed a ram in place of his son Ismail. Still today through these days they slaughter lambs and give meet to the poor.

If I was a citizen in Turkey I would have many important holidays to keep track of. If I were to celebrate the Victory Day I would need to research and understand more about the battle. If I celebrated the Republic Day it would be a very important day because we would be celebrating our freedom from being ruled by the Ottoman Empire. I would need to also learn a little more about it as well though. Kurban Bayrami would be a tougher holidays for me to celebrate though. I would have to sacrifice lambs which would be kind of dificult, but I would also need to understand the bible better as well.