Turkey postpones the 2014 time switch to DST by one day
The government of Turkey decided to delay the start of daylight saving time by one day. Summer time now starts on Monday 31 March 2014 at 3:00 a.m., when the clocks go forward one hour to 4:00 a.m.[1]
The start moved from Sunday 30 March to Monday 31 March because of the local elections on 30 March.[1] The government hopes that this way more people will vote.
Turkey uses Eastern European Time (EET), UTC+2, in winter and Eastern European Summer Time (EEST), UTC+3, in summer.
Update, 25 October 2026: On election day, 30 March 2014, smartphones moved their clocks forward automatically anyway, and thousands of voters arrived an hour early and had to wait.[2] Since September 2016, Turkey keeps UTC+3 all year and no longer changes its clocks.[1][3] See also: Turkey delays its 2011 summer time by one day for an exam.
References
- Time zone database: Europe, Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA), accessed 26 October 2026.
- Eventful elections in Turkey: Topless protest, daylight savings time confusion – and eight dead, Independent Balkan News Agency (in The Sofia Globe), 30 March 2014.
- Turkey to implement daylight savings time year-round, Hürriyet Daily News, 8 September 2016.
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