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Turkey to observe daylight saving time year-round

Xinhua, September 8, 2016 Adjust font size:

Turkey will observe daylight saving time throughout the entire year, according to a cabinet decision published on Thursday.

Under the decision, published in an official gazette, Turkey will not have to revert to regular winter time as was scheduled for Oct. 30.

Turkey is three hours ahead of Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) under the daylight saving regime. Endit