Time in Turkey

Time in Europe:
light blue Western European Time / Greenwich Mean Time (UTC)
blue Western European Time / Greenwich Mean Time (UTC)
Western European Summer Time / British Summer Time / Irish Standard Time (UTC+1)
red Central European Time (UTC+1)
Central European Summer Time (UTC+2)
yellow Eastern European Time / Kaliningrad Time (UTC+2)
golden Eastern European Time (UTC+2)
Eastern European Summer Time (UTC+3)
light green Further-eastern European Time / Moscow Time / Turkey Time (UTC+3)
Light colours indicate where standard time is observed all year; dark colours indicate where a summer time is observed.
Time in the Middle East
    UTC+02:00 Eastern European Time
    UTC+02:00

UTC+03:00		 Eastern European Time /
Israel Standard Time /
Palestine Standard Time
Eastern European Summer Time /
Israel Summer Time /
Palestine Summer Time
    UTC+03:00 Turkey Time
Arabia Standard Time
    UTC+03:30
UTC+04:30		 Iran Standard Time
Iran Daylight Time
    UTC+04:00 Gulf Standard Time
Light colors indicate where standard time is observed all year; dark colors indicate where daylight savings is observed.

Time in Turkey is given by UTC+03:00 year-round. This time is also called Turkey Time (TRT).[1] The time is currently same as in the Arabia Standard Time, Further-eastern European Time and Moscow Time zone. Turkey Time was adopted by the Turkish government on September 8, 2016.[2] It was also in use in the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus[3] until it reverted to EET in October 2017.[4]

History

Until 2016, Turkey was using Eastern European Time (EET) in the winter (UTC+02:00) and Eastern European Summer Time (EEST) (UTC+03:00) during the summer.[5] The date for transition between standard time and daylight saving time generally followed EU rules, but had variations in some years. In 2016, the decision to stay on UTC+03:00 year-round was enacted.[6] In October 2017, the Turkish government announced that starting October 28, 2018, the country would revert to EET[7], but this decision was reversed in November 2017.[8] In October 2018, a Presidential decree announced that UTC+03:00 would remain the year-round permanent time zone for the country.[9]

References

  1. ↑ "Time Zones - Istanbul". timeanddate.com. Retrieved September 11, 2016.
  2. ↑ "Time and Date - Istanbul, Turkey".
  3. ↑ "Turkish Time (TRT)".
  4. ↑ "Saatler geri alınıyor!". Yeni Düzen. Retrieved 18 October 2017.
  5. ↑ "Time Zones - Istanbul". timeanddate.com. Retrieved August 3, 2016.
  6. ↑ Turkey Stays on Daylight Saving Time for Good
  7. ↑ "Türkiye'de saatler ne zaman ileri alınacak?". www.haberturk.com (in Turkish). Retrieved 2018-03-28.
  8. ↑ "Yaz saati uygulaması sürekli hale geldi". www.hurriyet.com.tr (in Turkish). Retrieved 2018-06-12.
  9. ↑ "Resmi Gazete'de yayımlandı: Flaş yaz saati kararı". Hürriyet (in Turkish). 2018-10-02. Archived from the original on 2018-10-02. Retrieved 2018-10-02.
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