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State Theaters Sabancı International Theater Festival

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State Theaters Sabancı International Theater Festival

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Sabancı International Adana Theater Festival is an international theater event held every year since 2005.

The festival lasts for a month, is open to the participation of various countries and appeals to an average of 20,000 spectators [1]. The "Sakip Sabancı Lifetime Achievement Award" awarded on the first day of the event follows the goal of respecting the masters who contribute to the art of theatre. The weight of the plays staged at the Sabancı University Performance Center is in the productions of the State Theatres. A special feature of the festival is that it starts on World Theater Day. In the festival where 18 plays were staged for a month, performances such as the Italian group Amanto and the Korean National Dance Group were also performed in 2008 [2].

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The event, whose first organization was called "Istanbul Festival" between June 15 and July 15, 1973, was held in the genres of classical music, classical ballet, contemporary dance, opera, traditional music, jazz, pop, cinema, theater and visual arts. After 1986, when film, biennial, theater and jazz events became separate festivals, the music festival gained its own unique identity and took its current name. İKSV, the organizer of the festival, which is a member of the European Festivals Association, also chooses special locations as the venues of the events: The recitals and concerts given in places such as Hagia Eirene Church, Bulgarian Church, Istanbul Archeology Museum, Topkapı Palace, Süreyya Opera are the main attractions of the festival, which attracts the attention of a wide audience. Sponsored by Borusan Holding.

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Istanbul Film Festival, formerly (1984-88) International Istanbul Cinema Days and International Istanbul Film Festival, has been organized by the Istanbul Culture and Art Foundation since 1982. It is held in various cinemas every year in April, and the festival also includes two national and international competitions. Kerem Ayan is the director of the festival as of 2015[1].

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Istanbul International Contemporary Dance and Performance Festival

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Istanbul International Contemporary Dance and Performance Festival

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Istanbul International Contemporary Dance and Performance Festival (iDANS) is an international dance and music festival, the first of which was held in 2007. In addition to dance performances, iDANS also hosts video works, concerts and installations, and conferences attended by famous dance writers and academics.

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15 July National Unity and Democracy Day

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15 July National Unity and Democracy Day

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After the military coup attempt that took place in our country on July 15, 2016 was suppressed by the public, security forces and patriots, July 15 was declared as the Day of Democracy and National Unity.

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Celebrated in all countries, the Labor Day has been declared a common commemoration day for all workers on the basis of solidarity. May 1, which started to be celebrated as a public holiday, has become a day on which many books are written, marches are composed and movies are shot.

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Kırkpınar Oil Wrestling, traditional Turkish oil wrestling tournament. It is held in Edirne at the end of June and the beginning of July every year. Wrestlers fight in the private square for three days. In the finals held on the last day, the first, second and third places of each neck (category) are determined. The most important of these is the chief wrestler. During the wrestling, Kırkpınar Festival is organized and various events are held.

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Celebrated with local colors and beliefs in a wide region from Central Asia to the nations in the Balkans, Nevruz is a day that each nation identifies and symbolizes with their own cultural values, and in essence celebrates the arrival of spring and is greeted with enthusiasm.

Nevruz Festival, which celebrates the awakening of nature and the environment in the wide geography it lives in, has a deep rooted and rich history in Anatolia and in the regions where Turkish culture spread.

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Eid-al-Fitr is a religious holiday celebrated with its traditions and entertainment in the first three days of Shawwal, which is the tenth month of the Islamic calendar after Ramadan. Since the Hijri calendar is a lunar calendar, the years are 11-12 days shorter than the Gregorian calendar. On the first day of Ramadan Feast, Eid prayers are performed in mosques. Only men perform the Eid prayer. After the Eid prayer, the sermon is read. During the holiday, Muslims celebrate each other's holiday by visiting their spouses, friends and relatives.

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Sacrifice is an act of worship to thank God, to give thanks and to show belief in his existence.
Feast of Sacrifice; This worship is performed on certain days each year.
Those who want to worship on Eid al-Adha sacrifice animals that meet the prescribed conditions by slaughtering them for God's sake.
Sacrifice, a worship as old as human history, is considered the most important worship of divine religions.

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This date is the anniversary of the day when the Turkish Grand National Assembly declared the Republic of Turkey. Sovereignty in the republic belongs to the nation unconditionally. Today; It is the feast day of our nation.

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It is the day we celebrate the victory of our glorious army that saved our country from Greek occupation in 922. On 30 August 1922, on the fifth day of the great attack against the invading Greek army, the Turkish army under the leadership of the Great Leader Mustafa Kemal Atatürk defeated the Greek forces in Kütahya Dumlupinar. And the Turkish army was resurrected.

Mustafa Kemal Pasha, to chase the fleeing enemy soldiers; "Armies, your first goal is the Mediterranean. Forward!" gives the command. Enemy forces are chased to İzmir and on September 9, 1922, the Turkish army enters İzmir and dumps the invading forces into the sea.
This victory was accepted as the result of the War of Independence. Day; It is the day our epic of victory was written.

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19 May Commemoration of Atatürk, Youth and Sports Day

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19 May Commemoration of Atatürk, Youth and Sports Day

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May 19, 1919 is the day Mustafa Kemal Atatürk set foot in Samsun, a Black Sea port, and marks the beginning of our War of Independence. Since 1983, the week including May 19 is celebrated as 'Youth Week'.

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April 23 National Sovereignty and Children's DayAn image from the celebrations

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April 23 National Sovereignty and Children's Day

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April 23 National Sovereignty and Children's Day

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April 23 National Sovereignty and Children's Day
During the War of Independence, the Great Leader Mustafa Kemal Pasha established the Turkish Grand National Assembly on April 23, 1920 and took the first step to create a new, Read More independent country from the ashes of the Ottoman Empire.

The founder of the Republic, Great Leader Kemal Atatürk, dedicated this day to children because our children were the future of this new nation whose foundation was laid. April 23 National Sovereignty and Children's Day is the only internationally celebrated holiday dedicated to children in the world.