Has Turkey lost control of the coronavirus pandemic?
For a long time, the Turkish government sugarcoated COVID-19 figures, excluding asymptomatic infections from official tallies. But the situation is dramatic. New curfews are meant to help reduce the number of cases.
For her eighth birthday, Iris Ertekin asked for a Harry Potter cake and a party with her best friends. As the kids ran around the playground in Istanbul s Kadikoy district, their parents set up cake, snacks and tea on a camping table they had brought along. Organizing a birthday party outdoors means families have to keep an eye on the clock these days: Turkey s new coronavirus measures stipulate that children and young people under the age of 20 are only allowed outside for three hours a day during the week, between 1 p.m. and 4 p.m.