What is Time in Turkey?
[[File:Time zones of Europe.svg|thumb|Time zones of Europe. Turkey Time is highlighted in light green.]] {{Time zones of the Middle East}} '''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.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/turkey-scraps-dst-2016.html|title=Turkey Stays on Daylight Saving Time for Good|date=September 8, 2016|website=Time and Date|access-date=September 8, 2016}}</ref> After this decision, [[Northern Cyprus]] followed Turkey on October 30, 2016 but returned to [[Eastern European Time]] on October 29, 2017.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/northern-cyprus-time-zone.html|title=Northern Cyprus to Follow Turkey Time|date=September 14, 2016|website=Time and Date|access-date=September 15, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/northern-cyprus-dst.html|title=Northern Cyprus Reintroduces DST|date=October 19, 2017|website=Time and Date|access-date=October 20, 2017}}</ref> In October 2017, the Turkish Government announced to return to daylight saving time on October 28, 2018 but later cancelled this decision.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/turkey-permanent-trt.html|title=Turkey Will Not Reintroduce DST Changes|date=November 23, 2017|website=Time and Date|access-date=November 23, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/turkey-new-dst-2018.html|title=Turkey Reintroduces Daylight Saving Time|date=October 31, 2017|website=Time and Date|access-date=November 1, 2017}}</ref> == References == <references /> [[Category:Turkey|Time]] [[Category:Time by country|Turkey]]