Time in Turkey

Time zones of Europe. Turkey Time is highlighted in light green.
Time zones in the Middle East
    UTC+02:00 Egypt Standard 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 Arabia Standard Time /
Turkey Standard Time
    UTC+03:30 Iran Standard Time
    UTC+04:00 Gulf Standard Time
▉▉▉▉ Standard time observed all year
▉ Daylight saving time observed

Turkey Time (also called GMT+3) is a time zone that has been used in Turkey since September 8, 2016. It is 3 hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC+03:00). In 2016, the Turkish Government decided to remove daylight saving time changes.[1] After this decision, Northern Cyprus followed Turkey on October 30, 2016 but returned to Eastern European Time on October 29, 2017.[2][3] In October 2017, the Turkish Government announced to return to daylight saving time on October 28, 2018 but later cancelled this decision.[4][5]

References

  1. ↑ "Turkey Stays on Daylight Saving Time for Good". Time and Date. September 8, 2016. Retrieved September 8, 2016.
  2. ↑ "Northern Cyprus to Follow Turkey Time". Time and Date. September 14, 2016. Retrieved September 15, 2016.
  3. ↑ "Northern Cyprus Reintroduces DST". Time and Date. October 19, 2017. Retrieved October 20, 2017.
  4. ↑ "Turkey Will Not Reintroduce DST Changes". Time and Date. November 23, 2017. Retrieved November 23, 2017.
  5. ↑ "Turkey Reintroduces Daylight Saving Time". Time and Date. October 31, 2017. Retrieved November 1, 2017.