Until 1927, "Turkish time" (or
alla turca time or
ezânî 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. The date for transition between standard time and daylight saving time generally followed EU rules, but had variations in some years. In September 2016, the decision to stay on UTC+03:00 (summer time) year-round was enacted. However, in October 2017, the Turkish government announced that starting the next year, on 28 October 2018, the country would revert to EET and EEST, but this sudden decision was reversed in November 2017. In October 2018, a
presidential decree announced that the UTC+03:00 would remain the year-round permanent
time zone for the country. Today, during the warmer part of the year (March–October), TRT time is the same as the EEST (Eastern European Summer Time), while in the remainder of the year it is an hour ahead of EET (Eastern European Time). == See also ==