[tz] hundreds demonstrate against clock changes in Northern Cyprus

Paul Eggert eggert at cs.ucla.edu
Sat Dec 3 01:05:49 UTC 2016


Hundreds of union members and students demonstrated yesterday in 
northern Cyprus, protesting the decision to remain on +03 all year. This 
follows a school bus collision Tuesday morning, which killed the driver 
and two schoolgirls, and which was blamed in part on early-morning darkness.

Sources:

Turkish Cypriots protest daylight saving time after deadly crash. Agence 
France Presse 2016-12-01. 
http://www.naharnet.com/stories/en/221371-turkish-cypriots-protest-daylight-saving-time-after-deadly-crash

Anastasiou A. Unions call for more strikes in north until clock is 
changed back. Cyprus Mail 2016-12-02. 
http://cyprus-mail.com/2016/12/02/unions-call-strikes-north-clock-changed-back/




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