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Turkish Lockdown Calls Grow as Epidemic Continues

Dorian Jones

   ISTANBUL - With Istanbulthe epicenter of Turkey's COVID-19 epidemic,
   the city is becoming the political battleground over how to defeat the
   virus.

   Istanbul'smayor is calling foracityshutdown, but the Turkish president
   insists the wheels of the economy must continue to turn.

   Every day,millions of people in Istanbul go to work, potentially
   running a gantlet of infection. While the city'sschoolsandentertainment
   venues are closed like the rest of the country, many factories and
   businessescontinueto function.

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