As the daylight saving time ending on Sunday it is a logical question to ask about the local time in Turkey. Do the clocks go back in Marmaris Turkey? Here comes a surprise:
Turkey has its own time. The time in Turkey is called Turkey Time : TRT. The time in Turkey is given by UTC+03:00 year-round.
What does this mean? Turkey has observes the same time all year round without changing the clocks forward in Spring and back in October. This new time system was adopted back in 2016 and has remained ever since.
The subject of time is becoming a big concern for families with school children, having to go to school early morning when it is still dark and come back from school when it is already dark. This subject’s discussion has been ongoing for many years, with no change foreseen in the near future.
Keep an eye on your electronic devices that could update time based on location and double check your times when travelling. It becomes especially tricky when you travel from or to Greek islands that now observe winter time. The clocks in Greece go back one hour on the last Sunday in October.
If it’s not a flight, bus or ferry times, you will notice that time is not a very big issue in Turkey. Being late is highly accepted and tolerated, rescheduling and changing plans last minute are also very common practices in people’s lives in Turkey.