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A man uses a cell phone while walking through an empty street during a three-week nationwide coronavirus lockdown in Istanbul. Getty Images
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Mannequins are seen in a closed shop on an empty street during a three-week nationwide coronavirus lockdown in Istanbul, Turkey. Getty Images
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A police officer checks a person's ID at a checkpoint in a nearly deserted street in the city centre, in Ankara. AP
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Turkish mounted police patrol at Istiklal Street during the lockdown in Istanbul. EPA
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A member of Turkish Police Dog Training Centre plays with a K-9 dog at Taksim Square during a nationwide "full closure" in central Istanbul. Reuters
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A municipality worker sweeps a street at Eminonu district in Istanbul. Reuters
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A sign offering tourists Covid-19 PCR tests is seen in front of a tour operator's shop in Istanbul. Getty Images
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A man walks at an empty junction in Ankara. AFP
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An empty speedway of Ankara, after Turkey entered a full lockdown. AFP
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A man throws pieces of bread to feed birds living in Mogan lake in Golbasi outside Ankara. AP Photo
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Two men talk in front of the Buyuk Valide Han, a historical caravanserai in Istanbul. AFP
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The deserted Karakoy square is seen during a new lockdown. AFP
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Closed shops in a deserted street in Istanbul. AFP
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A woman poses for photographs in Istanbul. AP Photo
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Tourists visit top of the Galata tower in Istanbul. AFP
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A man uses a cell phone while walking through an empty street during a three-week nationwide coronavirus lockdown in Istanbul. Getty Images
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Mannequins are seen in a closed shop on an empty street during a three-week nationwide coronavirus lockdown in Istanbul, Turkey. Getty Images
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A police officer checks a person's ID at a checkpoint in a nearly deserted street in the city centre, in Ankara. AP
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Turkish mounted police patrol at Istiklal Street during the lockdown in Istanbul. EPA
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A member of Turkish Police Dog Training Centre plays with a K-9 dog at Taksim Square during a nationwide "full closure" in central Istanbul. Reuters
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A municipality worker sweeps a street at Eminonu district in Istanbul. Reuters
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A sign offering tourists Covid-19 PCR tests is seen in front of a tour operator's shop in Istanbul. Getty Images
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A man walks at an empty junction in Ankara. AFP
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An empty speedway of Ankara, after Turkey entered a full lockdown. AFP
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A man throws pieces of bread to feed birds living in Mogan lake in Golbasi outside Ankara. AP Photo
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Two men talk in front of the Buyuk Valide Han, a historical caravanserai in Istanbul. AFP
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The deserted Karakoy square is seen during a new lockdown. AFP
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Closed shops in a deserted street in Istanbul. AFP
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A woman poses for photographs in Istanbul. AP Photo
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Tourists visit top of the Galata tower in Istanbul. AFP
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A man uses a cell phone while walking through an empty street during a three-week nationwide coronavirus lockdown in Istanbul. Getty Images
Experts say lack of testing masks number of Covid-19 cases in Turkey
Turkey imposes strict lockdown to bring case numbers down in time for the tourist season
Andrew Wilks
Murat Yildiz
07 May, 2021
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