Turkey, Europe
Republic of
Turkey
/ Türkiye / Turkiye Cumhuriyeti
The
Republic of Turkey or Turkey (Turkish: Türkiye), is a
bi-continental country that is located mainly in the Middle East
(Southwest Asia) and partly in Southeast Europe; The Anatolian peninsula
comprises most (97%) of its territory, and is situated between the Black
Sea on the north and the Mediterranean Sea to south and west, with the
Aegean Sea (and Marmara Sea) in between. A small portion of Turkey's
territory (3%) is situated in south-eastern Europe, west of the
Bosphorus straits.
Turkey has two European and six Asian countries as neighbours: Bulgaria
and Greece on the west; Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan on the northeast;
Iran (Persia) on the east; and Iraq and Syria on the south. Since the
Republic of Hatay joined Turkey in 1939, the border with Syria has been
disputed.
Turkey is a pre-accession country of
European Union (EU)
Current time now in
Turkey Zone?
Turkey - Time Zone
2011 note: Turkey normally follows EU rules but this year will delay
implementation of Summer Time / Daylight Saving Time in Turkey by
1 day to accommodate national examinations.
Eastern European
Standard Time = GMT+2
Eastern European
Summer Time = GMT+3
European clocks on Standard Time
until: Sunday 31 March 2013 01:00 GMT
then on Summer / Daylight Saving Time
until: Sunday 27 October 2013 01:00 GMT
What time zone is
Turkey in?
Turkey is in the
Eastern European Time Zone.
Eastern European Standard Time (EET) is 2 hours ahead of
Greenwich Mean Time
(GMT+2).
Does
Turkey observe Daylight Saving / Summer Time?
Like most states in Europe, Summer
(Daylight-Saving) Time is observed in
Turkey, where the
time is shifted forward by 1 hour; 3 hours ahead of
Greenwich Mean Time
(GMT+3).
After the Summer months the time in
Turkey is shifted
back by 1 hour to Eastern European Time (EET) or (GMT+2)
Republic of Turkey:
www.turkey.org (Washington DC Embassy)
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