Adha

This week's Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha was intended to follow the tradition of sacrificing and distributing the meat of farm animals, but many amateur Turkish butchers were hurt by their lack of experience. 

Fifty people lost their lives in road accidents across Turkey this year during Eid al-Adha, the Interior Ministry has said.

Representatives from Turkey's political parties on Aug. 12 exchanged traditional Eid al-Adha visits on the second day of the holiday.

Thousands of people in need around the world have received meat from animals sacrificed for Eid al-Adha by Turkish aid agencies.

Istanbul's museums, among the most popular tourist spots in the city, will continue to host art and history enthusiasts during the Eid al-Adha holiday, which will run from Aug. 11 to 14.

Turkey's different business sectors disagree over how long the Eid al-Adha ("Feast of Sacrifice") holiday should be. Tourism players want a nine-day-long public holiday, while businesspeople in other sectors argue that duration would slow down the economy due to a loss in labor force.

Hundreds of Africans gathered  in the Turkish capital Ankara to celebrate Eid al-Adha on Aug. 22.

A total of 122 people were killed in road accidents across Turkey during the extended 10-day long public holiday, the Interior Ministry said on Sept. 5.

Greece's Ministry of Culture and Religious Affairs has said it is granting space at two stadiums in Athens where the Greek capital's Muslims can gather for Eid al-Adha, the Festival of Sacrifice, on Friday.

'People are afraid of traveling with their animals. So, the number of livestock has naturally decreased in big cities,' breeder Yunus Coktin said, referring to the outlawed PKK's renewed armed campaign The hustle and bustle of breeders and buyers, the shouts of bargaining, the shaking of hands and, of course, the overpowering smell of countless of cows and sheep...