school terms. Terms 1 and 2 are referred to as Semester 1, as terms 3 and 4 are referred to as Semester 2. Each term consists of ten school weeks. Term 1 starts the day immediately after New Year's Day. If the first school day is a Thursday or a Friday, it is not counted as a school week. After term 1, there is a break of a week, called the March Holidays. Thereafter, term 2 commences and is followed by a break of four weeks, the June Holidays. It is followed by term 3, after which there will be another break of one week, the September Holidays. Then, term 4 would start, and after it there is the December holidays, which would be either five or six weeks long, depending on whether the first week of the year was counted as a school week. Students are also given days off on public holidays, as well as Children's Day, Youth's Day, Teacher's Day and the day after National Day. Turkey All public schools have following holidays: January 1 – New Year Winter Break (also called Midterm Break or 15 Day Break) – two weeks in late January or early February April 23 – National Sovereignty and Children's Day May 1 – Labour and Solidarity Day May 19 – commemoration of Atatürk, Youth and Sports Day Summer Break – 13 weeks from early-mid-June to mid-September August 30 – Victory Day (coincides with Summer Break most of the time) October 29 – Republic Day (28 October is half day) There are Ramadan Feast (3 days) and Sacrifice Feast (4 days) holidays, but exact dates of these holidays change every year because Ramadan & Sacrifice Feasts are calculated according to Muslim calendar, resulting these feasts to be celebrated earlier by 10 or 11 days each year. If these feasts are at the middle of the week, then the break becomes a full week break with the Arafah (the day before the feast) day also included in the break. Starting from 2019, the Summer Break has been cut to 11 weeks and the following two breaks have been introduced: Autumn Break – one week in mid-November Spring Break – one week in mid-April Australia and New Zealand In Australia and New Zealand, academic years for primary and secondary institutions are divided into four 10-week 'terms' per year. Although historically the year was divided into