Wednesday, January 1, 2014

North Cyprus Prophet's Birthday Public Holiday Restored

Sources: Kuzey Kibris Türk Cumhuriyeti Disisleri Bakanligi (Lefkosa) and Cyprus bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The deputy director of the Office of Personnel of the Republic of Northern Cyprus has announced that last year's proposal to cancel the Prophet's Birthday non-working public holiday in the Republic of Northern Cyprus had been rejected by Parliament, and therefore that Monday, January 13, 2014, would be a non-working public holiday in the Republic of Northern Cyprus on account of the upcoming "Mevlit Kandili" (birthday of the Prophet Muhammed). [full story]