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Hıdırellez or Hıdrellez (Turkish: Hıdırellez or Hıdrellez Azerbaijani: Xıdır İlyas or Xıdır Nəbi Crimean Tatar: Hıdırlez Romani language: Ederlezi) is celebrated as the day on which Prophets Hızır (Al-Khidr) and Ilyas (Elijah) met on the earth. Hıdırellez starts on May 5 night and falls on May 6 in the Gregorian calendar and April 23 in the Julian calendar. It is celebrated in Turkey and throughout the Turkic world.