With weekend lockdowns and age-specific restrictions, Turkey takes a different Coronavirus approach... Istanbul ( RED_NEWS ) Taksim Square's flocks of resident pigeons, normally waddling around with full bellies thanks to cups of grains that children toss at them, swoop unhindered straight at the heads of the few passers-by, mostly policemen and media. Pigeons fly around a deserted Taksim Square after a two-day curfew imposed to stem the spread of coronavirus in Istanbul. It feels more like a scene from Alfred Hitchcock's horror thriller "The Birds" than one of Istanbul's most crowded squares, normally teeming with Turks and tourists alike. Then again, nothing about the impact Covid-19 is having across the globe is normal or familiar. Last weekend, the Turkish government implemented a 48-hour curfew for 31 provinces, impacting three quarters of Turkey's population. And while critics of the government have been calling for these...
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