Summer vacation

In a bid to keep the flow of education constant and parallel to the practices undertaken in the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development countries (OECD), the Education Ministry has launched an effort to work on extending school terms in Türkiye.

For the fifth consecutive year, a surge in median asking prices for summer vacation homes is observed across several islands.

With the start of the summer break for millions of students and teachers as of June 16, Istanbul Airport has witnessed an increasing rush as people move to travel to their hometowns or spend vacations at tourist hotspots.

The 2022-2023 education period ended on June 16, marking the start of the three-month summer break for nearly 19 million students across the country.

Primary, secondary and high school students received their report cards, as millions of teachers embraced their summer vacation as well as children.

According to the new school curriculum, instead of the autumn break, primary school students will have an extended weekend lasting three days, while high school students will have a winter vacation seven days shorter than elementary school students.

The 2021-22 education season has ended on June 17 in Türkiye, with over 18 million students starting their summer vacations after the distribution of the report cards.

School bells will ring once again with the start of the new season on Sept. 12.

A short mid-term break for more than 18 million students and over 1 million teachers in Turkey began on April 8.

Classes will resume on April 15.

Four months ago, students went onto a two-week winter break after completing their first semester and receiving their mid-term report cards on Jan. 21.

The calendar was changed by the Ministry of Education.
The changes are planned to end the first semester on December 18 and for the winter break to be at the same time for students in Vojvodina and the rest of Serbia.
The students return to school on January 18.

Turkey has shortened 13-week summer break for schools to 11-week in a move to increase efficiency in education, the education minister said on May 15.           

Around 18 million students in Turkey will begin the second semester of the 2018-2019 school year on Feb. 4. 

Semester-break for the students in preschool, kindergarten, elementary, middle and high schools will end on Feb. 4. 

Over 1 million teachers will also return to the schools after a two-week holiday.

The summer break will begin on June 14.