Summer working hours at public institutions will begin this Monday, May 8.

The new hours remain in force until September 17.

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

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

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