diff --git a/recipes/dunyahalleri.recipe b/recipes/dunyahalleri.recipe
index 055bbabbff..2e8ffe1841 100644
--- a/recipes/dunyahalleri.recipe
+++ b/recipes/dunyahalleri.recipe
@@ -4,10 +4,10 @@
 import locale
 import os
 import re
-import time
 
 from shutil import copyfile
 
+from calibre import strftime
 from calibre.ebooks.BeautifulSoup import Tag
 from calibre.web.feeds.recipes import BasicNewsRecipe
 from PIL import Image, ImageDraw, ImageFont
@@ -47,15 +47,15 @@ class DunyaHalleri(BasicNewsRecipe):
 
     extra_css = '.caption {color: #998; font-style: italic; font-size: 8pt}'
     __author__ = 'Sukru Alatas'
-    feeds = [("Genel Gündem".decode('utf-8', 'replace'),
+    feeds = [(u"Genel Gündem",
               'https://www.dunyahalleri.com/genel-gundem/feed/'),
-             ("Teknoloji / Bilim".decode('utf-8', 'replace'),
+             (u"Teknoloji / Bilim",
               'https://www.dunyahalleri.com/teknoloji-bilim/feed/'),
-             ("İnternet / Girişimler".decode('utf-8', 'replace'),
+             (u"İnternet / Girişimler",
               'https://www.dunyahalleri.com/internet-girisimler/feed/'),
-             ("Tasarım / İnovasyon".decode('utf-8', 'replace'),
+             (u"Tasarım / İnovasyon",
               'https://www.dunyahalleri.com/tasarim-inovasyon/feed/'),
-             ("Kültür / Sanat".decode('utf-8', 'replace'), 'https://www.dunyahalleri.com/kultur-sanat/feed/')]
+             (u"Kültür / Sanat", 'https://www.dunyahalleri.com/kultur-sanat/feed/')]
     oldest_article = 7
     max_articles_per_feed = 50
 
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ class DunyaHalleri(BasicNewsRecipe):
 
         # title insert
         article_title = soup.title.contents[0]
-        article_title.replace(' - Dünya Halleri'.decode('utf-8', 'replace'), '')
+        article_title.replace(u' - Dünya Halleri', '')
         h2 = new_tag(soup, 'h2')
         h2.append(article_title)
         span.insert(0, h2)
@@ -177,9 +177,8 @@ class DunyaHalleri(BasicNewsRecipe):
 
     def default_cover(self, cover_file):
         title = self.title
-        date = time.strftime(
-            '%d %B %Y').decode('utf8', 'replace')
-        author = 'www.dunyahalleri.com'.decode('utf8', 'replace')
+        date = strftime('%d %B %Y')
+        author = u'www.dunyahalleri.com'
         # Texts
         img = Image.new(
             'RGB', (self.COVER_WIDTH, self.COVER_HEIGHT), 'white')
diff --git a/recipes/dunyahalleri_haftaninozeti.recipe b/recipes/dunyahalleri_haftaninozeti.recipe
index 37d90bda4f..5aa9f662d4 100644
--- a/recipes/dunyahalleri_haftaninozeti.recipe
+++ b/recipes/dunyahalleri_haftaninozeti.recipe
@@ -243,8 +243,7 @@ class DunyaHalleri_HaftaninOzeti(BasicNewsRecipe):
         title = self.issue_title
         date = self.issue_date.strftime(
             '%d %B %Y').decode('utf8', 'replace')
-        author = 'www.dunyahalleri.com/haftanin-ozeti'.decode(
-            'utf8', 'replace')
+        author = u'www.dunyahalleri.com/haftanin-ozeti'
         # Texts
         img = Image.new(
             'RGB', (self.COVER_WIDTH, self.COVER_HEIGHT), 'white')