Every year, there are more than 100 national and international festivals that are being organized in the different regions and cities of Turkey. Most of the major festivals are usually held in the big cities such as Istanbul, Ankara, Antalya, and Izmir among many other cities.
Istanbul – being the center of Turkey’s national and international culture and arts festivals, Istanbul holds several major festivals within the city itself. For instance, the Istanbul Culture and Arts Foundation alone holds the famous International Istanbul Film Festival or Uluslararası İstanbul Film Festivali, the first and oldest international film festival in Turkey. They also hold several other popular festivals known as the International Istanbul Theater Festival, the International Istanbul Music Festival, and the very lively International Istanbul Jazz Festival every year as well as the International Istanbul Biennial which is being held once in every two years.
