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Istanbul for Bayram, info please

Posted: Thu 18 Oct 2012 9:23 am
by metin
I have friends arriving in Istanbul on the 25th October, first day of Bayram.
Will anything be open, like shops, tourist attractions, Grand Bazaar etc etc

They are there for 5 days.

Anyone know ???

Re: Istanbul for Bayram, info please

Posted: Thu 18 Oct 2012 9:27 am
by andrew4232
government/banks type places will not, when i lived in turkey it was only day 1 that shops closed after that it was back to being open

Re: Istanbul for Bayram, info please

Posted: Thu 18 Oct 2012 9:36 am
by metin
Thanks Andrew, like here then really.

Re: Istanbul for Bayram, info please

Posted: Thu 18 Oct 2012 9:37 am
by andrew4232
but istanbul is a big old place so am sure the tourist places will open