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Türkiye, month by month

Where in Türkiye is at its best each month, and where to skip. Each verdict comes from the place's stated best season and the closures, weather warnings and festivals Tourisma has for it: in the middle of the season is a great month, its first or last month a good one; a weather warning (monsoon seas, smoke) moves a month down, a closure (a park shut, the boats stopped) moves it down to mixed at most, and a shut place is better avoided.

Türkiye in January

Plan January

At their best

No place is in the middle of its season this month.

Mixed: Alanya, Ankara, Antalya, Bodrum, Bursa, Canakkale (Troy & Gallipoli), Cesme, Dalyan, Fethiye & Oludeniz, Istanbul, Izmir, Kalkan, Kas, Konya, Kusadasi, Mardin, Marmaris, Pamukkale, Safranbolu, Sanliurfa (Gobekli Tepe), Selcuk (Ephesus), Side, Trabzon, Uzungol.

Better avoided

  • Goreme · Balloon Flights Often Cancelled in Winter
  • Urgup · Balloon Flights Often Cancelled in Winter

Türkiye in February

Plan February

At their best

No place is in the middle of its season this month.

Mixed: Alanya, Ankara, Antalya, Bodrum, Bursa, Canakkale (Troy & Gallipoli), Cesme, Dalyan, Fethiye & Oludeniz, Istanbul, Izmir, Kalkan, Kas, Konya, Kusadasi, Mardin, Marmaris, Pamukkale, Safranbolu, Sanliurfa (Gobekli Tepe), Selcuk (Ephesus), Side, Trabzon, Uzungol.

Better avoided

  • Goreme · Balloon Flights Often Cancelled in Winter
  • Urgup · Balloon Flights Often Cancelled in Winter

Can fall this month

  • Ramadan (Ramazan) (dates shift yearly)

Türkiye in March

Plan March

At their best

No place is in the middle of its season this month.

Good, at the edge of the season

Mixed: Alanya, Ankara, Antalya, Bodrum, Bursa, Canakkale (Troy & Gallipoli), Cesme, Dalyan, Fethiye & Oludeniz, Goreme, Istanbul, Izmir, Kalkan, Kas, Konya, Kusadasi, Mardin, Marmaris, Pamukkale, Safranbolu, Selcuk (Ephesus), Side, Trabzon, Urgup, Uzungol.

Can fall this month

  • Ramadan (Ramazan) (dates shift yearly)
  • Ramazan Bayramı (Eid al-Fitr) (dates shift yearly)

Türkiye in April

Plan April

At their best

Good, at the edge of the season

Mixed: Bodrum, Cesme, Dalyan, Fethiye & Oludeniz, Kalkan, Kas, Kusadasi, Marmaris, Side, Trabzon, Uzungol.

Can fall this month

  • Anzac Day dawn service, Gallipoli
  • Istanbul Tulip Festival

Türkiye in May

Plan May

At their best

Good, at the edge of the season

Mixed: Cesme.

Can fall this month

  • Kurban Bayramı (Eid al-Adha) (dates shift yearly)

Türkiye in June

Plan June

At their best

Good, at the edge of the season

Mixed: Istanbul.

Better avoided

Can fall this month

  • Kurban Bayramı (Eid al-Adha) (dates shift yearly)

Türkiye in July

Plan July

At their best

Good, at the edge of the season

Mixed: Ankara, Antalya, Bursa, Canakkale (Troy & Gallipoli), Goreme, Istanbul, Izmir, Safranbolu, Urgup.

Better avoided

Türkiye in August

Plan August

At their best

Good, at the edge of the season

Mixed: Ankara, Antalya, Bursa, Canakkale (Troy & Gallipoli), Goreme, Istanbul, Izmir, Safranbolu, Urgup.

Better avoided

Türkiye in September

Plan September

At their best

Good, at the edge of the season

Mixed: Mardin.

Better avoided

Türkiye in October

Plan October

At their best

Good, at the edge of the season

Mixed: Cesme.

Better avoided

Can fall this month

  • Republic Day (Cumhuriyet Bayramı)

Türkiye in November

Plan November

At their best

Good, at the edge of the season

Mixed: Ankara, Bodrum, Bursa, Canakkale (Troy & Gallipoli), Cesme, Dalyan, Fethiye & Oludeniz, Goreme, Kalkan, Kas, Kusadasi, Marmaris, Pamukkale, Safranbolu, Side, Urgup.

Better avoided

Türkiye in December

Plan December

At their best

No place is in the middle of its season this month.

Good, at the edge of the season

Mixed: Alanya, Ankara, Antalya, Bodrum, Bursa, Canakkale (Troy & Gallipoli), Cesme, Dalyan, Fethiye & Oludeniz, Istanbul, Izmir, Kalkan, Kas, Kusadasi, Mardin, Marmaris, Pamukkale, Safranbolu, Sanliurfa (Gobekli Tepe), Selcuk (Ephesus), Side, Trabzon, Uzungol.

Better avoided

  • Goreme · Balloon Flights Often Cancelled in Winter
  • Urgup · Balloon Flights Often Cancelled in Winter

Can fall this month

  • Şeb-i Arus (Rumi Commemoration)
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