A low-tempo programme built for the hours after iftar: a format colleagues who are fasting and colleagues who are not can attend together.
There is only one correct way to plan a corporate sports event during Ramadan: build it for after iftar. Any physical activity during the day either excludes colleagues who are fasting or puts their health at risk. The hours after iftar remove that dilemma entirely.
If you are setting a calendar for a Turkish site from another country, three things are worth knowing. Ramadan is a month of fasting from dawn until sunset; iftar is the meal that breaks the fast at sunset, and sahur is the meal before dawn. Its dates follow the lunar calendar and move roughly eleven days earlier each Gregorian year, so a month that falls in spring one year will fall in late winter a few years later — it cannot be pencilled into a fixed slot in an annual plan. And not every employee in Turkey fasts; the mix varies by workplace and is not something to assume in either direction. What a planner needs to take from this is simply that a daytime physical event scheduled in that month will land badly, and that a post-iftar event will not.
It matters that the programme naturally includes colleagues who are not fasting. A refreshment area open before iftar, a clear statement that attendance is voluntary, and not presenting the programme as a religious obligation establish that balance. The event is a company gathering; the decision to attend belongs to the employee.
Holding the iftar and the sports section at the same venue removes the late-night travel problem. Bowling centres, social clubs and indoor sports complexes are frequently chosen because they can host both.
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Yes, and the programme takes account of it. A refreshment area is open before iftar, attendance is voluntary, and the programme is announced as a company gathering rather than a religious obligation.
No. Because a meal has been eaten after a long period without food, at least 45 to 60 minutes of rest is left and the chosen activities are kept low tempo.
Darts, table tennis, bowling, archery, billiards and short five-a-side matches. Running, long tournaments and high-intensity sports are not used in this programme.
Three to three and a half hours including iftar, with the sports section running one to one and a half hours. The programme is not extended, given the late hour and the next morning's sahur routine.
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