BIST Trading Calendar
Exchange holidays, half sessions and session hoursChecking session…
exchange-local time (as published)
Equity Market session hourspublished in TRT (Europe/İstanbul), Monday–Friday
Opening auction09:40 – 10:00Order collection and uncrossing — no continuous matching yet.
Session 110:00 – 13:00Continuous trading.
Lunch break13:00 – 14:00The board is halted — no continuous trading.
Session 214:00 – 18:00Continuous trading.
Closing auction18:00 – 18:10Closing price determined; the day ends here.
On a half-session day the exchange trades the morning only and closes at 13:00 TRT — there is no afternoon session.
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Reviewed 2026-08-04 · covered through 2027-10-29 · 33 dates transcribedDividends, earnings dates and general assemblies are not listed here. Turkish corporate actions are disclosed on KAP, and there is no free, machine-readable feed of them — so rather than print a plausible-looking dividend per share for a real company, we send you to the primary source.
KAP — Public Disclosure PlatformSources · last reviewed 2026-08-04
Turkish public holidays (Resmî Gazete) plus the Diyanet religious calendar, as published in Borsa İstanbul’s annual holiday notice. Religious-holiday dates are set years ahead by astronomical calculation, but Türkiye can still add bridge days by government decree — always confirm against the official notice before trading around one.