Turkey Adds July 15 Public Holiday

Sources: Hürriyet Daily News (Istanbul) and Turkey bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Turkish President, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, has announced that, from next year onward, July 15 would be observed as a non-working public holiday in Turkey to recall the aborted coup of last summer ("Every July 15 will be marked as a public holiday to commemorate our martyrs and veterans"). [full story]