With the decision taken in 2016 in our country, the summer-winter time application was abolished and the time zone was fixed. While the time zone was fixed, summer time was preferred, not winter time. This issue has become the main agenda item in recent days, after the discussions that the permanent daylight saving time application does not provide any savings.
The permanent daylight saving time practice, which has been implemented in our country since 2016, continues to be discussed. Fatih Dönmez, Minister of Energy and Natural Resources, 11th Turkey Energy SummitHe addressed this issue in his speech at the inauguration of .
Minister Dönmez: We saved 6 billion liras
Expressing that Turkey has achieved 6.82 billion kilowatt-hours savings in electricity thanks to this application, Minister Dönmez said that the monetary equivalent of this savings is 6 billion liras. In addition “With the vote held in the European Parliament on March 26, 2019, the proposal to end the seasonal time change in the European Union was accepted.” he said.
Stating that the installed power of renewable energy in our country has reached 53 thousand megawatts, Dönmez emphasized that the 2023 targets have already been achieved in this field.
Permanent daylight saving time has been implemented by many bureaucrats in our country, especially by various metropolitan mayors. stating that there is no scientific data on saving is criticized. Many citizens argue that this practice should be abandoned due to the fact that they have to go to work / school in the dark and due to the time difference between us and other countries.