Eid
Over 35,000 amateur butchers hurt during Eid
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.
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Turkey's thermal paradise
Pamukkale, one of southwest Turkey's oldest tourist attractions, hosted some 70,000 local and foreign tourists over five days of celebration during the Muslim religious holiday of Eid al-Adha.
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Turkey’s political parties exchange Eid al-Adha greetings
Representatives from Turkey's political parties on Aug. 12 exchanged traditional Eid al-Adha visits on the second day of the holiday.
Troops let Muslims walk to mosques in Indian-ruled Kashmir
Troops in India-administered Kashmir allowed Muslims to walk to local mosques alone or in pairs and pray for the Eid al-Adha festival on Aug. 12 during an unprecedented security lockdown that still forced most people in the disputed region to stay indoors on the Islamic holy day.
Muslims celebrate Eid al-Adha
Muslims around the world marked the first day of the Eid al-Adha, a four-day Muslim religious holiday, on Aug. 11.
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Gaziantep baklava makers busy due to Eid
Pastry-makers in Turkey's southeastern city of Gaziantep are hard at work at their ovens making the world-famous Turkish dessert of baklava ahead of Eid al-Adha, the festival of sacrifice.
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Hit roads before Aug. 9-10 for Eid: Analysis
An analysis undertaken by the Yandex Navigator application has suggested that Turkish vacationers who are leaving the city for the Eid al-Adha holiday ("Festival of the Sacrifice") get on the road either early Aug. 9 or Aug. 10 afternoon to avoid traffic entanglements.
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Animal bazaars waiting for retirement pension bonus for boom in sales
With Eid al-Adha ("Festival of the Sacrifice) just around the corner, sacrificial animal sellers say that their sales will boom once retirees receive their pension bonus on Aug. 8-9.
Business sectors disagree over length of Eid al-Adha holiday
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.
Do not slaughter pregnant animals on Eid: Veterinarians
The Ankara Chamber of Veterinarians has asked the Turkish Directorate of Religious Affairs (Diyanet) to have imams deliver sermons for people not to slaughter diseased or pregnant animals during the Eid al-Adha, also called the "Festival of the Sacrifice."