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MAY (Mayis,
mah-YUHSS)
May
usually brings perfect weather throughout
Turkey, with long sunny days
and not much rain.
The Istanbul
Tulip Festival may still be affording
wonderful splashes of floral color
throughout the metropolis.
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.
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.
In 2010, the Formula
1 Grand Prix auto races will
take place at Istanbul
Park on 28-30 May. Most
Istanbul hotels will be fully booked at premium
prices right through the
weekend and perhaps a few days
beyond. If you plan to visit Istanbul near
the Formula 1 race dates, reserve
your hotel room well in advance! (Or take
a tour.)
The Islamic minor
festival of Regaip
Kandili falls in May
in 2012. More...
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