Eid al-Fitr

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.

Muslims around the world honor Eid al-Adha, one of the greatest holidays in Islam. The celebrations began on Thursday, with a total of four days. The holiday is related to family values ​​and symbolizes humility and forgiveness.

Eid al-Adha, or the Feast of Sacrifice, is the greatest religious holiday for Muslims. Celebrations usually take three days.

It was a bitter Eid el-Fitr. We had mixed emotions. But I was also happy on the one hand because my beautiful mother celebrated her 75th birthday with her grandchildren and sister, who, according to doctors, had six months of life left, yet has been alive for the past six years. We were all together.

People who stayed in Istanbul during the Eid al-Fitr holiday flocked to nearby beaches to take advantage of the hot weather. 

There are around 85 spots in and around Istanbul that are suitable for swimming, all of which were popular among residents who stayed home for the holiday rather than driving to the country's Aegean and Mediterranean coasts.

Some 59 people have been killed and 330 have been injured in a total of 78 traffic accidents across Turkey since June 24, the start of the Eid al-Fitr holiday, Doğan News Agency has reported.

Traffic was snarled as people took to the roads to visit their relatives in provinces across the country during the Eid al-Fitr holiday after Ramadan. 

What is the pain of being without a home and without a country? How painful is it to be away from home?

 The answer is in a piece written by Hanzade Germiyanoğlu, whom I am directly quoting below:  

"It has been six and a half years since Sidra left Aleppo. She has walked kilometers, leaving the past behind and the future in a conundrum."

Bulgarian President Rumen Radev greeted Muslims in Bulgaria for the Ramadan Feast. This was reported by Press Secretariat of the presidential administration.
'I greet our Muslim compatriots, who mark the Ramadan Bayram Feast and wish them health, success and well being,' said Radev./FOCUS News Agency/

Breaking with tradition, the White House under President Donald Trump did not host an iftar dinner, the meal Muslims eat to break their daily fast during Ramadan.

Some 31 people were killed and more than 190 were wounded in traffic accidents across Turkey at the beginning of the Eid al-Fitr holiday, state-run Anadolu Agency reported on June 25.

Traffic was snared as people took to the roads to visit their relatives in provinces across Turkey, causing a high volume of traffic across the country due to three-daily Eid al-Fitr holiday. 

Some 24 people were killed and 136 were wounded in traffic accidents across Turkey at the beginning of the Eid al-Fitr holiday, state-run Anadolu Agency reported on June 24.

Traffic was snared as people took to the roads to visit their relatives in provinces across Turkey, causing a high volume of traffic across the country due to three-daily Eid al-Fitr holiday.