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Turkey eases COVID-19 restrictions but keeps many curfews

by ZEYNEP BILGINSOY
| May 18, 2021 12:09 AM

ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkey’s interior ministry on Sunday lifted a full lockdown that had ordered people to stay home to fight COVID-19 infections, shifting to a less-restrictive program that still involved curfews on weeknights and weekends.

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