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Turkey switched to year-round daylight saving time in 2016, using the meridian time from the easternmost part of the country. Critics argue that the government implemented this practice to increase energy consumption, boost the profitability of electricity distribution companies.

Clocks will not be set back in Turkey this year, either. According to the Resolution of the President published on the Official Gazette, “the current daylight saving time will be in effect across the country all year round every year.”

The State Council has stopped the execution of the ordinance that regulates daylight saving time, however, Minister of Energy and Natural Resources Albayrak said, “We will continue the daylight saving along the same line”.