First, let's define what time zone in general.Our planet is conditionally divided into 24 zones, whose boundaries stretch from the North to the South zones along the meridians (if the oceans) or majestic Cordon States (if the land).Inside one such territory taken at the same time.The difference between adjacent zones is exactly one hour.In passing from one zone to another, minute and second on the dial are the same.Translates only an hour hand.That's it - theory.But what time zone is Turkey?This question is raised by many tourists who go on holiday in the country.
to international facilities in the world introduced the term, which is called "Coordinated Universal Time".It is called UTC.As a joke, this term is also called "Zulu time."It is measured by the determination of the sun at its zenith on the Greenwich meridian.Thus, the United Kingdom (as well as Ireland and Portugal) lies in this zone - UTC.In this case, the time zone of Turkey called UTC + 2.This means that when in London at midnight in Istanbul - two nights.By the way, along with Turkey this time lives a number of European countries: the whole Baltic States, Ukraine, Finland, Romania, Bulgaria, Greece.
On this basis timezone Turkey still called the East Europe.Russia, in recent years he has lived in the zone UTC + 4.And from that moment begins the complexities associated with vyschityvaniem time difference between Moscow and Istanbul.If we end up punctual, you should note that UTC - always the same, despite the change of seasons.But the "right" time - this is winter.This is easily seen by opening the calendar.At the time of the vernal equinox (when the effect winter) the sun rises and sets at six o'clock, reaching its zenith at 12.00.September 21 star rises at 7.00.Zenith same, respectively, 13.00.Therefore
UK summer lives on so-called GMT (Greenwich local time), but the time zone of Turkey is not changed.After all, the country also takes the arrows on the last Sunday of March.And everything goes forward one hour.That is the time difference between London and Istanbul is always constant.That plus two hours in a "city on two continents."
And what in Russia?At the end of October we not translate the arrows back and change time zone.Turkey-Moscow live summer with a difference of one, and in winter - two units a day.In western Russia during round corresponds to UTC + 4.But in winter Istanbul UTC + 2, and in the summer UTC + 3.Thus, in January, when Moscow noon in Turkey all ten o'clock, and in July, the time difference is reduced for an hour.Russian Federation - the country is large.It has as many as nine time zones.Therefore, to find out what time it is now in Istanbul or on the beaches of Antalya should be added the difference between the local and the Moscow time.
Not to be confused with the constant UTC, the question of which time zone in Turkey, the accepted answer: Eastern European.In the international classification of its abbreviated EET or GMT +2.Most ingenious asked: "Why Eastern European, since the time zones extending from one pole to the other and thus cover other continents - Africa or Asia, for example?" In the tropics, where daylight is only slightly dependent on the seasons, the country does not go on daylight savingtime to conserve power.They really live by UTC.
