Public holidays in Turkmenistan

Public Holidays in Turkmenistan are laid out in the Constitution of Turkmenistan, which acts as a list of nationally recognized public holidays in the country.

Main public holidays

 * New Year's Day (January 1)
 * International Women's Day (March 8)
 * Nowruz (March 21–22)
 * State Flag and Constitution Day (May 18)
 * Independence Day (September 27)
 * Day of Remembrance (October 6)
 * Day of Neutrality (December 12)
 * Eid al-Fitr (Shawwal 1)
 * Eid al-Adha (Dhu al-Hijja 10)

Professional holidays

 * Memorial Day (January 12)
 * Defender of the Fatherland Day (January 27)
 * Day of Remembrance of National Heroes of Turkmenistan in the 1941-1945 World War (May 9)
 * Day of Revival, Unity, and the Poetry of Magtymguly (May 18–19)
 * Carpet Day (Last Sunday in May)
 * Day of Turkmen Workers of Culture and Art (June 27)
 * Third Sunday in July – Galla Bayramy (celebration of the wheat harvest)
 * Day of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (May 29)
 * Border Guards Day (August 11)
 * Day of the Workers in the Oil, Gas, Power, and Geological Industry (Second Saturday in September)
 * Turkmen Bakhshi Day (Second Sunday in September)
 * Day of the Worker in the Organs of National Security (September 30)
 * Day of the Navy (October 9)
 * Health Day (First Saturday in November)

Other holidays

 * Turkmen Melon Day (Second Sunday in August)
 * Good Neighborliness Day (First Sunday in December)
 * Day of Remembrance of the First President of Turkmenistan Saparmurat Niyazov