Turkey Under Weekend Lockdown and Curfew Again (Is this the new normal?)

3 years ago

Turkey has gone back to a weekend lockdown and curfew. During the week everything is open as usual (following the curfew times) and on weekends a few things are still open (supermarkets, some tourist attractions and very few restaurants), the restaurants are only serving take out and costumers are not allowed to dine in, this applies on weekdays as well as weekends.
I've now been here for 3 months, so I'm not considered a tourist. I will follows the lockdown guidelines like the locals do.
- Public transportation seems to be open
- Locals and residents are complying to the restrictions, everyone we saw out today were all tourists and the occasional guy walking his dog, feeding the stray cats, going to/from work or grabbing some essentials from the corner shop (fines apply for those who don't and police is always on the look-out, again tourists are exempt from this rule)
-Tourists attractions seem to be open Sultanahmed and Galata tow
- Streets are completely empty perfect time to take some photos

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