Time in Türkiye 🇹🇷
The current local time in Türkiye is anchored on Ankara (Europe/Istanbul, UTC +03:00 · GMT+3).
Ankara local time
Sunday, 11 October 2026 GMT+3
Türkiye at a glance
- Capital
- Ankara
- ISO codes
- TR · TUR
- Clocks in use today
- One time zone
- tz database zones
- 1
- Dialing code
- +90
- Currency
- Turkish Lira (TRY)
- Work week
- Monday to Friday
- Weekend
- Saturday and Sunday
- Drives on the
- Right
Time zones in Türkiye
All of Türkiye keeps the same clock, UTC +03:00, all year with no daylight saving time.
| Zone | Standard | Daylight saving | Clock changes 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|
Europe/Istanbul · Istanbul | UTC +03:00 | — | None |
Ankara vs. major cities
How far Ankara is from the world's main business centres right now, what time it is there when the working day starts in Ankara, and which hours of a 09:00–17:00 day the two places share. Daylight saving changes are applied automatically.
| City | Difference | At 09:00 in Ankara | Shared office hours |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York · United States | −7 h | 02:00 | 16:00–17:00 |
| Los Angeles · United States | −10 h | 23:00 (prev. day) | None |
| São Paulo · Brazil | −6 h | 03:00 | 15:00–17:00 |
| London · United Kingdom | −2 h | 07:00 | 11:00–17:00 |
| Paris · France | −1 h | 08:00 | 10:00–17:00 |
| Johannesburg · South Africa | −1 h | 08:00 | 10:00–17:00 |
| Dubai · United Arab Emirates | +1 h | 10:00 | 09:00–16:00 |
| Delhi · India | +2:30 h | 11:30 | 09:00–14:30 |
| Singapore · Singapore | +5 h | 14:00 | 09:00–12:00 |
| Beijing · China | +5 h | 14:00 | 09:00–12:00 |
Shared office hours are shown in Ankara time. Compare any set of cities hour by hour in the time zone converter, or pick a slot that suits everyone with the event planner.
Clock changes in Ankara
Since 1970, Ankara has gone through 7 distinct time-keeping periods, observing daylight saving time in 37 of 57 years. Since 2016 it has stayed on UTC +03:00 all year.
No clock changes are scheduled in 2026 or 2027: Ankara stays on UTC +03:00 all year.
Time zone history since 1970 (7 periods)
| Years | Offset | Daylight saving |
|---|---|---|
| 1970–1972 | UTC +02:00 all year | No daylight saving time |
| 1973–1977 | UTC +02:00, DST UTC +03:00 | Daylight saving dates varied from year to year |
| 1978–1982 | UTC +03:00 all year | No daylight saving time |
| 1983 | UTC +03:00, DST UTC +04:00 | Forward on the last Sunday in July, back on the first Sunday in October |
| 1984 | UTC +02:00 all year | No daylight saving time |
| 1985–2015 | UTC +02:00, DST UTC +03:00 | Daylight saving dates varied from year to year |
| 2016–2026 | UTC +03:00 all year | No daylight saving time |
Source: IANA tz database, as shipped with the Unicode ICU library.
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