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Date and time notation in Turkey

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Date

Dates are written in the form DD.MM.YYYY, or "DD <name of the month> YYYY". It is rare to use abbreviations for names of months.

Time

Turkey uses the 24-hour clock system. In informal speech, however, the 12-hour system is more commonly used. When speaking in the 12-hour system, the words such as "sabah" (morning), "akşam" (evening) or "gece" (night) are generally used before telling the time to clarify whether it is am or pm (i.e., sabah 9 means 9 am, akşam 5 means 5 pm). An exception is that the hours 12.30 AM/PM are usually both referred to as "yarım" (meaning half).

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