Summer working hours at public institutions began as of Monday.

The new hours remain in force until September 17.

As of Monday, May 8, summer working hours at public institutions and government offices apart from essential services will be 8am-2:30pm on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday.

Working hours on Thursdays will be between 8am-12.30pm and 1pm-5:30pm.

Prime Minister Ünal Üstel had announced last week that they had started work on introducing a single type working hour system for both summer and winter.