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Show Turkish Counting of Time. Through the center of the mosque of St. Sophia runs the theoretical meridian which gave the Turks true local time one hour and fifty-six minutes min-utes fifty-two seconds fast on Greenwich Green-wich until,- two years ago, the new government fell In with the standard system of time zones, and came into "-.----.5., the eastern European zone, exactly h'o hours ahead of Greenwich time. For--religious purposes, however, 12 o'clock always happens at sunset, and noon thus wanders with the seasons all round the clock. Westminster Gazette." |