Events &
Festivals
Sustainable travels call for sustainable events and festivals for fun! Get ready for an unforgettable experience as you discover and take part in some of the top environmentally-friendly events and festivals taking place all around Türkiye.
Ecology is the permanent theme of the Bozcaada International Festival of Ecological Documentary (BIFED), which has been held since 2013.
Since 2008, the Sustainable Living Film Festival has contributed to the creation of a new culture of life by inspiring the concept of sustainability and its systemic issues with stories collected from different parts of the world.
The “Presidential Cycling Tour of Türkiye” was organized for the first time in 1963 by the Turkish Cycling Federation as the only intercontinental cycling tour in the world and was referred to as the “Marmara Tour”.
The Mediterranean city of Adana, which is considered a paradise for citrus fruits, celebrates the coming of spring each year with the Orange Blossom Carnival, the first and only carnival in Türkiye.
The grape harvesting festival is held in the first weeks of September in Bozcaada, a charming island known for its ice-cold sea, narrow cobblestone streets, and fresh island air that makes you keep coming back each year.
The Alaçatı area’s wild greens - known collectively in Turkish as “ot” - are celebrated each spring at the popular Alaçatı Herb Festival.
Adana’s famous kebabs have come to be known around the world, and the city itself becomes a celebration of the famous dish - and other culinary delights and drinks - every year at the Adana Kebab and Turnip Festival.
