Does the fixed clock application, which has been discussed in the public for 5 years, really save energy as claimed? What are the biological effects of waking up in the dark? Are there other countries that prefer this app? Details are in our content…
Clocks throughout the dormitory in order to benefit more from daylight; It was set forward one hour at 03:00 on the last Sunday of March each year, and set back one hour from 04:00 on the last Sunday in October each year. This practice has been going on since 1973. in 2016 It was terminated by the decision of the Council of Ministers and since then the clocks have not been moved forward or back. “daylight saving time” implementation continues.
Energy Minister at the time Berat Albayrak It was claimed that “saving energy and benefiting from daylight more” was the reason for this practice, which was made permanent by the company. With this decision, the time difference between Central European countries and Turkey, which was 1 hour before, increased to 2 hours, and to 3 hours with England, while the same time zone with Saudi Arabia began to be used. This too stock market, banking, air travel caused synchronization problems in many technological interactions such as But that’s not the only problem this app has created!
Turkey removed the summer-winter time application and fixed the time zone, but preferred the temporary summer time, not the winter time in the meridians.
There are a few countries that have switched to or are planning to switch to fixed time, but in most of these countries, the time difference between east and west is not so much as in Turkey. Countries with a time difference have more than one time zone (like the USA). This naturally brings with it some problems.
A person living in Van wakes up with the light of day and goes to work/school In western cities such as Istanbul and Izmir Millions of people living in this world have to wake up in the dark and go to work/school. However, if the clocks are turned back, those in the west and those in the east will start the day with daylight.
We wake up exhausted because waking up in the dark negatively affects our biological clock.
Most people’s school/work starts around 8:00 am. In big cities, the road can take up to 1.5 hours; After breakfast, shower and preparation, it is necessary to get up much earlier. what we call the biological clock our circadian rhythm Our clock, which regulates our time, not only affects our perception of time, but also affects our mental health, physical health, appetite, energy, mood, attention, and concentration. That’s why we have to finish the day we started tired tired.
People who leave the house in the dark and enter the buildings again work or study inside all day, and when they leave in the evening, it is not possible to see the daylight because it is dark again. This is due to insufficient daylight intake. Vitamin D causing a deficiency.
Darkness, except on security it also causes problems; especially for women and children. It’s not something that feels safe. Worries in the night hours are repeated in the dark air in the morning.
How true is the claim of the then Energy Minister Berat Albayrak that the application was introduced in order to “save energy and benefit more from daylight”?
University of Cambridge Dr. According to Sinan Küfeoğlu’s statement to BBC Turkish, not switching from summer time to winter time can be observed on electricity consumption or no measurable effect. There is an opinion that “This practice has been canceled so that electricity companies can make more money and burn more electricity”, but that is also wrong. There is no increase or decrease in electricity consumption.
While the decision to implement permanent daylight saving time was taken, reference was made to the report prepared by Istanbul Technical University, which stated that the permanent daylight saving time application provides savings, but the report in question is hidden from the public.
Research shows that the change made 5 years ago to save energy does not save money. In the study conducted by the TMMOB Chamber of Electrical Engineers (EMO) in the first year of the permanent summer time application, it was determined that no savings could be achieved in electrical energy consumption compared to the same months of the previous year. EMO reiterated its statements with the statements it made in the following years and implemented the permanent daylight saving time. lack of energy efficiency had expressed.
In the TRNC, the winter time application was abandoned due to Turkey’s influence, but this application was abandoned due to the reactions.
Three young people on the school bus lost their lives in an accident caused by the darkness, and after this incident, young Cypriots gathered in front of the TRNC Assembly. They marched to the Prime Ministry, the unions went on strike, life stopped for a while. Later on reactions taken into account and the government abolished the fixed hour practice. TRNC people can now see the light of day when they leave their homes to go to work/school.
The decision taken 5 years ago in Turkey continues to be discussed among politicians as well as those who wake up in the dark and go to school or work.
“The clock itself is space, its walking is time, its setting is human… This shows that time and space exist with man!” Ahmet Hamdi Tanpınar – Time Regulation Institute
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