Tekirdağ Cherry Festival
11 June 2026 · movable holiday — Two cherries on a starry twig – it is summer, harvest time!
Tekirdağ is a city and province in Eastern Thrace, on the Sea of Marmara in the European part of Turkey. The region is agricultural, and cherries are part of its early-summer harvest. According to the available information, a local summer harvest festival with concerts, contests and other events is held there in June, at the start of the cherry season. The exact dates and programme are announced by the organisers each year and may change, so we do not give a specific day. The festival is not tied to any lunar calendar; it follows the ripening of the fruit, which depends on spring weather. June is also the month of the summer solstice, the longest day of the year in the northern hemisphere, so under the night sky the cherries swing right at the start of summer. If you are in the area at that time, you can taste fresh fruit straight from the market stalls.
Flying across the sky: An ethereal, bluish-silver figure made of light dots and fine lines like a constellation: a pair of cherries swaying on a short twig that hangs from a bright star, drifting gently across the night sky
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