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The day was divided into two 12-hour periods, with the second 12:00 occurring at a "theoretical sunrise." In practice, the Turkish railroads used both Turkish time (for public schedules) and eastern European time (for actually scheduling the trains), and government telegraph lines used St. Sophia
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time) referred to the system of setting the clocks to 12:00 midnight at sunset. This necessitated adjusting the clocks daily, although tower clocks were only reset two or three times a week, and the precise time varied from one location to another depending on latitude and longitude.
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In 2016, the decision to stay on UTC+03:00 year-round was enacted. However, in October 2017, the Turkish government announced that starting 28 October 2018, the country would revert to EET, but this sudden decision was reversed in November 2017. In October 2018, a
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Today, during summers TRT time is the same as with the EEST (Eastern European Summer Time), while an hour ahead of EET (Eastern European Time) in winter and other the partial half of other seasons.
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Science between Europe and Asia: Historical Studies on the Transmission, Adoption and Adaptation of Knowledge
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During some seasons (March–October), the TRT is also on the same time as Eastern European Summer Time. The
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This postcard of the Constantinople General Post Office in 1909 features two clocks, one in Turkish time (
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Atilla Bir; Șinasi Acar; Mustafa Kaçar (2011). "The Clockmaker Family Meyer and Their Watch Keeping the
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decree announced that the UTC+03:00 would remain the year-round permanent
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time (i.e., Paris time + 1:47:32) for international telegrams.
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time zone identifier for Turkey is Europe/Istanbul.
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Publications of the United States Naval Observatory
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Index


Time in Europe
Western European Time
Greenwich Mean Time
UTC
Western European Time
Greenwich Mean Time
UTC
Western European Summer Time
British Summer Time
Irish Standard Time
UTC+1
Central European Time
UTC+1
Central European Summer Time
UTC+2
Eastern European Time
Kaliningrad Time
UTC+2
Eastern European Time
UTC+2
Eastern European Summer Time
UTC+3
Moscow Time
Turkey Time
UTC+3
Armenia Time
Azerbaijan Time
Georgia Time
Samara Time

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