When Do We Turn the Clocks Back in 2015?

Meanwhile the BBC reports that though Turkey is due to “fall back” an hour on Saturday like the other countries who will be putting an end of summertime daylight saving, this will not be done until after the polls are over.

The Turkish government however chose to postpone the change until after upcoming polls.

Daylight saving time ends at 2 a.m., local time, Sunday, which means you get an extra hour in bed.

Turkish citizens took to Twitter protesting this confusion with hashtag #saatkac or “what’s the time now?”, as it becomes a trending topic across the internet.

But a few clocks have changed the time regardless – causing bewilderment.

According to Turkish authorities, the delay will mean it is lighter when voters go to the polls on 1 November. While the clock might say 7 a.m. and that there is still another hour of sleep to be had, for dogs and cats it is 8 a.m. and time for breakfast, so be prepared for that routine lick in the face in the morning – one hour earlier. While another user said, “Turkey united for the first time around one question today: what time is it?”

For the next two weeks, then, the country is on “Erdogan Time”, a national joke and a nod to president Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s paternalistic reputation.

“We’re on special “Erdogan time” as he decided not to implement daylight savings until after the election”.

Each equipment manufacturer has to issue a new Daylight Saving Time software time patch that needs to be applied on each device like smart phones and computers, to reflect the correct time.