Facts and current local time for Istanbul, Turkey
| Sunrise: | 05:44 |
| Sunset: | 20:18 |
| Day length: | 14h 34m |
| Current time zone offset: | UTC+03:00 |
| Daylight Saving Time: | Yes, ends on October 28 |
| Time zone: | EEST |
| Time zone identifier: | Europe/Istanbul |
| Latitude: | 41.01384 |
| Longitude: | 28.94966 |
| Population: | 11 174 257 |
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| Population: | 77 804 122 |
| Currency: | Lira (TRY) |
| Area: | 780 580 km2 |
| Continent: | Europe and Asia |
| Capital: | Ankara |
| Calling code: | +90 |
| Internet top level domain: | .tr |
- Istanbul switches to standard time at 04:00 on Sunday, October 28. The time is set one hour back.
- Istanbul is 7 hours ahead of New York.
Thursday, May 17, 2012, week 20