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Local Customs: Festivals, Olympiads etc.

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on Jan 8, 2003

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Camel Wrestling Olympiad 1 -31 January / �ZM�R

Camel Wrestling Festival 21 January / �ZM�R

U�ur Mumcu Coastline Run 24 January / �ZM�R

Shoe Industry Machine and Accessory Fair 8 -11 February / �ZM�R

Bride, Groom and Dowry Fair 14-18 February / �ZM�R

March 8 World Women's Day 8 March / �ZM�R

Marble Original Stones and Technologies Fair 29 March-1 April / �ZM�R

Football Tournament 1 -30 April / �ZM�R

Traditional Ulukent Wrestling 1 -30 April / �ZM�R

Rahvan Horse Races 2 -8 April / �ZM�R

International Bergama Fair 4 -10 April / �ZM�R

Book Fair 7 -15 April / �ZM�R

Atat�rk's Arrival to Bergama 13 April / �ZM�R

International April 23 Kar��yaka Child Feast 18-24 April / �ZM�R

April 23 Menemen International Feast Festival 19-24 April / �ZM�R

International Feast Feast 20-27 April / �ZM�R

Furniture, Decoration and Carpet Fair 24-29 April / �ZM�R

April 23 Child Bairam Poetry and Composition Competition 27 April / �ZM�R

Turkish Music Feast 1 -31 May / �ZM�R

Kite Feast 1 -31 May / �ZM�R

strawberry Festival 7 -13 May / �ZM�R

Compotek Bilgisayar Fair 9 -13 May / �ZM�R

�zmir International Plastic and Ambalaj Makinalar� Fair 10-13 May / �ZM�R

Plateau Hiking 13 May / �ZM�R

Narl�dere Youths and and Flower Festival 18-20 May / �ZM�R

Youths Feast 19 May / �ZM�R

May 19 Youths Feast 19 May / �ZM�R

Cherry and Youths Feast 19 May / �ZM�R

Theater Feast Between Highschools 20-31 May / �ZM�R

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Cherry Festival 21-27 May / �ZM�R

Food Fair 24-27 May / �ZM�R

International Group Psychotheraphy Symposium 25-27 May / �ZM�R

Peninsula Games 1 -30 June / �ZM�R

Cherry and Sapling Festival 4 -10 June / �ZM�R

34th International Sel�uk-Efes Culture Art and Tourism Festival 15-30 June / �ZM�R

Peninsula Game Organization 16-20 June / �ZM�R

Ala�at� International Child and Youth Theater Festival 18-24 June / �ZM�R

International Water Products, Beekeeping, Aqua Culture, Business and Tec. 21-23 June / �ZM�R

S��ac�k Street Feast 1 -31 July / �ZM�R

Youth Activity Center Activities 1 July-31 August / �ZM�R

Blue Sea Green Dikili Culture and Art Festival 1 July-31 August / �ZM�R

International Culture, Art and Tourism Festival 1 July-31 August / �ZM�R

Plum and Okra Festival 9 July / �ZM�R

�andarl� Kalei�i Culture and Art Festival 20-22 July / �ZM�R

Shoe Industry Machine and Accessory Fair 1 -31 August / �ZM�R

Mordo�an Summer Festival 1 -31 August / �ZM�R

Urla Grape Harvest Celebrations 1 -31 August / �ZM�R

Traditional Hamzababa A�ure Celebrations 20-26 August / �ZM�R

�ef 26 August-3 September / �ZM�R

�zmir International Fair 26 August-10 September / �ZM�R

Assembled Circumcision Feast 31 August / �ZM�R

Labor and Peace Celebrations 1 -3 September / �ZM�R

Liberty Celebrations 1 -8 September / �ZM�R

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6th Liberty Celebrations 1 -10 September / �ZM�R

Triatloon 1 -30 September / �ZM�R

September 4 Liberty Celebrations 4 September / �ZM�R

Liberty Celebrations and Fig Festival 7 September / �ZM�R

September 9 Culture, Art and Liberty Celebrations 7 -9 September / �ZM�R

September 9 �zmir-Bornova Liberty Feast 9 September / �ZM�R

Liberty 11 September / �ZM�R

Fo�a's Liberty Day 11 September / �ZM�R

Assembled Marriage Ceremony 12 September / �ZM�R

Bergama's Liberty Day 14 September / �ZM�R

Kar��yaka Festival 15-30 September / �ZM�R

Mordo�an Liberty Celebrations 16 September / �ZM�R

Liberty Celebrations 17 September / �ZM�R

Medical Dental Optics and Laboratory Equipments Fair 20-23 September / �ZM�R

Verona Marble Fair 27-30 September / �ZM�R

�ayl� Rahvan Horse Races 1 -31 October / �ZM�R

Pet � Flora (Evcil Hayvan and Bah�e Bitkileri Fair 4 -7 October / �ZM�R

�zmir Tourism Fair 11-14 October / �ZM�R

Hotel Equipment Fair 11-14 October / �ZM�R

�irince Grape Harvest and Wine Festival 14 October / �ZM�R

Construction Fair 1 -4 November / �ZM�R

3 T (Machinery and Automation Fair) 22-25 November / �ZM�R

Human Rights Award Ceremony 1 -31 December / �ZM�R

Souvenir (Souvenir and Hobby) Fair 14-30 December / �ZM�R

Loyalty to Atat�rk Road Run 24-30 December / �ZM�R

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Aggeliki Wed Dec 10, 2003 21:39 UTC Izmir..my lovely city!	yen_2 Tue Mar 19, 2002 12:38 UTC Great tip`s, very informative:)
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