North Cyprus to continue with summer time for winter

The North Cyprus government has decided to stick with the summer time and will not observe the European winter time which begins on October 29. 

Turkish Cypriot PM, Denktas on Tuesday said that the government had already spoken about the issue and made a decision on it after holding a consultation meeting with trade unions about working hours.

According to Denktas, 

The government in Turkey has not yet announced its decision on this issue. "We must be in the same time zone as the country in which we are in any kind of cooperation, and if there is such a decision, we will sit here and discuss it.

Every year at the end of October, many cities of the world including South Cyprus reverts back to winter time by moving the clock an hour back, while in March the hours are increased by one hour, implementing the summer time.

The TRNC alongside Turkey had decided not to switch to daylight saving time last year on the grounds that the majority of commercial and other transactions were carried out with Turkey.