How long is the bayram break? Work it out for your calendar
Enter the holiday, the year and the leave days you want to use: the tool finds the longest unbroken break, your leave dates and the day you are back at work.
Kurban Bayramı (Eid al-Adha) 2027: with 2 leave days
9 days off
15–23 May 2027. Without leave: 5 days (15–19 May 2027).
| First day off | Sat 15 May |
| Back to work | Mon 24 May |
| Leave used | 2 days |
| Leave dates | 20 May, 21 May |
| Without leave | 5 days |
| With this plan | 9 days |
| Date | Day | Status |
|---|---|---|
| 15 May 2027 | Saturday | Weekend |
| 16 May 2027 | Sunday | Public holiday |
| 17 May 2027 | Monday | Public holiday |
| 18 May 2027 | Tuesday | Public holiday |
| 19 May 2027 | Wednesday | Public holiday |
| 20 May 2027 | Thursday | Leave |
| 21 May 2027 | Friday | Leave |
| 22 May 2027 | Saturday | Weekend |
| 23 May 2027 | Sunday | Weekend |
| Leave budget | Used | Break | Days |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 0 | 15–19 May 2027 | 5 |
| 1 | 1 | 14–19 May 2027 | 6 |
| 2 | 2 | 15–23 May 2027 | 9 |
| 3 | 3 | 14–23 May 2027 | 10 |
| 4 | 4 | 13–23 May 2027 | 11 |
| 5 | 5 | 8–19 May 2027 | 12 |
| 7 | 7 | 8–23 May 2027 | 16 |
| 9 | 9 | 6–23 May 2027 | 18 |
Prepared by Radif Partners · Method · Diyanet lists and Law No. 2429 read on 28 October 2026
The legal length of each bayram is fixed: under Law No. 2429, Ramazan Bayramı (Eid al-Fitr) lasts 3.5 days and Kurban Bayramı (Eid al-Adha) 4.5 days, both starting at 1 pm on the eve. How long you are actually off depends on weekends, because Turkey never moves a holiday that falls on a Saturday or Sunday. In 2027 Kurban Bayramı runs from Sunday to Wednesday, so someone with weekends off gets 5 days without leave, and 9 days with two leave days on Thursday and Friday, from 15–23 May 2027. Ramazan Bayramı 2027 runs from Tuesday to Thursday: 3 days without leave, 9 days with two leave days on the eve morning and the Friday. 2028 looks different: Kurban Bayramı starts on a Friday and 1 May falls on the Monday, so three leave days give 10 days, while Ramazan Bayramı starts on a Saturday and gives only three days without leave. On a six-day week breaks are usually one day shorter.
The 2026, 2027 and 2028 holidays side by side
The same law gives a different break every year. The table shows the break without leave on a five-day and a six-day week, and the most efficient option per leave day.
| Holiday | Dates | No leave (5-day) | No leave (6-day) | Best plan |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eid al-Fitr 2026 | 20–22 March 2026 | 3 | 3 | 4 days for 1 leave |
| Eid al-Fitr 2027 | 9–11 March 2027 | 3 | 3 | 6 days for 1 leave |
| Eid al-Fitr 2028 | 26–28 February 2028 | 3 | 3 | 4 days for 1 leave |
| Eid al-Adha 2026 | 27–30 May 2026 | 5 | 5 | 6 days for 1 leave |
| Eid al-Adha 2027 | 16–19 May 2027 | 5 | 4 | 6 days for 1 leave |
| Eid al-Adha 2028 | 5–8 May 2028 | 4 | 4 | 5 days for 1 leave |
How the calculation works
The tool tries every possible stretch that includes the first day of the feast. Weekends and public holidays are free; each working day costs one leave day, and the eve morning half or a full day depending on your choice. The longest stretch within your budget wins, and on a tie the one using less leave. Results such as "9 days for 2" come straight from the calendar, not from a rule of thumb.
On a five-day week Saturday and Sunday are free. On a six-day week only Sunday is, which is common in retail, manufacturing and services. Working Saturdays halves the weekends around the feast, so the same leave buys a shorter break.
Two shortcuts for 2027
For Eid al-Adha put your leave after the feast: 20 and 21 May. For Eid al-Fitr put it on both sides: the eve morning of 8 March and Friday 12 March. Together, four leave days give eighteen days off. For bridges across the rest of the year, the bridge-day planner spreads your whole leave budget.
2027: using 4 leave days
2027: using 4 leave days
19 days off
| 6–11 March 2027 | 1 → 6 days |
| 15–23 May 2027 | 2 → 9 days |
| 15–18 July 2027 | 1 → 4 days |
Civil servants, employees and administrative leave
In the public sector the working days before or after a bayram are sometimes declared administrative leave by presidential decision, so civil servants do not use their own leave. Private employers have no automatic equivalent. No decision exists yet for 2027; we follow it on administrative leave 2027. Your own entitlement is on the annual leave calculator.