Current Time in Türkiye
Türkiye uses one time zone.
Page text updated Nov 5, 2026. Clock values are computed from the IANA time zone database each time the page is generated (at least hourly). Holiday and country reference data come from snapshots that are refreshed manually.
What time is it in Türkiye
It's 8:39 AM TRT (UTC+03:00) in Türkiye on Sunday, 15 November 2026.
Türkiye does not use daylight saving time; it stays on UTC+3 all year.
- Time zone
- Türkiye Standard Time
- IANA: Europe/Istanbul
- UTC offset now
- UTC+03:00 (TRT)
- Clock changes
- No clock changes: UTC+3 all year.
Times in this text are from when the page was generated (it is regenerated at least hourly). The clocks below update live.
Major Cities
Istanbul
Ankara
Bursa
İzmir
How Türkiye writes dates and times
- Date format
- DD.MM.YYYY
- day-month-year, e.g. 25.11.2026 · 25 Kasım 2026
- Clock
- 24-hour
- e.g. 15:30
- Week starts on
- Monday
- Weekend: Saturday and Sunday
- Calendar
- Gregorian
Formats are the Unicode CLDR conventions for the tr-TR locale, the everyday written standard; individual organisations may differ.
Time facts about Türkiye
- A Council of Ministers decision published on 8 September 2016 ended seasonal clock changes; Turkey has used UTC+3 all year since. Source: bianet.org
- In 2015 Turkey postponed the end of summer time by two weeks, to 8 November, so that polling stations had daylight during the 1 November election. Source: timeanddate.com
- Each 10 November at 09:05, the minute Atatürk died in 1938, sirens sound nationwide and people stop for a silence. Source: hurriyetdailynews.com
Public holidays in Türkiye
The public holiday data this site uses does not yet include Ramazan Bayramı (Eid al-Fitr) and Kurban Bayramı (Eid al-Adha) for Türkiye, so no holiday list is shown here rather than an incomplete one. Check the official government calendar for exact dates.
Time difference from Türkiye
Workday overlap compares 09:00–17:00 on both sides at today's offsets, shown in Türkiye time.
| City | Local time | Difference | Workday overlap |
|---|---|---|---|
| London | Sun 5:39 AM | 3 h behind | 5 h (12:00–17:00) |
| New York | Sun 12:39 AM | 8 h behind | None |
| Los Angeles | Sat 9:39 PM | 11 h behind | None |
| Dubai | Sun 9:39 AM | 1 h ahead | 7 h (09:00–16:00) |
| Singapore | Sun 1:39 PM | 5 h ahead | 3 h (09:00–12:00) |
| Tokyo | Sun 2:39 PM | 6 h ahead | 2 h (09:00–11:00) |
| Sydney | Sun 4:39 PM | 8 h ahead | None |
| São Paulo | Sun 2:39 AM | 6 h behind | 2 h (15:00–17:00) |
Türkiye at a glance
- Capital
- Ankara
- Population
- 85,664,944
- Currency
- Turkish lira (TRY)
Questions about time in Türkiye
- What time is it in Türkiye right now?
- When this page was generated it was 8:39 AM TRT (UTC+03:00) in Türkiye.
- How many time zones does Türkiye have?
- Türkiye uses one time zone, Türkiye Standard Time (IANA ID Europe/Istanbul).
- Does Türkiye observe daylight saving time?
- No. Türkiye does not use daylight saving time; it stays on UTC+3 all year.