Turkey Prayer Times (Türkiye Namaz Vakitleri) — Tuesday, November 3, 2026

The official prayer calculation convention throughout the Republic of Turkey is established by the Presidency of Religious Affairs (T.C. Diyanet İşleri Başkanlığı) in the Europe/Istanbul timezone (permanent UTC+3 TRT). It employs an 18.0° solar depression angle for Fajr (İmsak) and a 17.0° solar depression angle for Isha (Yatsı).

Turkey spans more than 19 degrees of longitude from Edirne and Istanbul in the west to Kars and Van in the east. Consequently, sunrise, sunset, and prayer times vary by over an hour (approximately 60 to 75 minutes) across the country on any given day.

In September 2016, Turkey abolished seasonal daylight saving time (DST) and adopted permanent Turkey Time (TRT, UTC+3) year-round. As a result, prayer schedules in Turkish cities remain consistent throughout the year without disruptive one-hour seasonal clock jumps.

In accordance with centuries-old Ottoman tradition preserved across Turkey, each of the five daily prayer calls (Ezan) is recited in a distinct classical musical mode (makam): Saba for Fajr, Rast for Dhuhr, Hijaz for Asr, Segah for Maghrib, and Uşşak for Isha.

The majority of Turkish Muslims follow Hanafi jurisprudence, where Asr historically begins when an object's shadow reaches twice its height (2x). Standard Asr (Shafi'i, Maliki, Hanbali) begins when the shadow equals the object's height (1x). Both calculations are supported in our timetable.

From Turkey, the Qibla orientation points South to South-East (typically between 150° and 165° clockwise from True North, depending on local longitude from Istanbul to Gaziantep) directed straight toward the Holy Kaaba in Makkah, Saudi Arabia.