For years, Turkey's Justice and Development Party (AKP) government has been advocating "permanent summer time" for the country. With a decision made Sept. 7, this wish has come true.

Like many countries, Turkey moved its clocks ahead one hour in March and back an hour in October. But this fall, time will march on because of a request from Minister of Energy Berat Albayrak, the president's son-in-law. A new government decree nullifies the practice of moving clocks back an hour, effective Oct. 30.

By making daylight savings time permanent, Turkey will be at Greenwich Mean Time plus three hours instead of plus two hours. The time difference with Eastern and Central Europe will now be two hours and with Britain, three hours.

The last ministerial attempt to keep the "extra" hour came in 2013 by then-Minister of Energy Taner Yildiz. His proposal was rejected because of potential problems with stock markets, global trade, exports and synchronization with Europe. However, Albayrak said on his official Twitter account there will be year-round energy savings and any synchronization problems will be eliminated quickly.