Turkey Declares Night and Weekend Curfews as Pandemic Rages On

Turkey announced tighter restrictions on the movement of citizens and commercial activity, as new coronavirus case counts hover at about 30,000 and daily deaths have reached record levels.

“We’re trying to find methods that protect the people’s health and also allow the continuation of production, commerce, employment and social life,” President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Monday, speaking after a weekly cabinet meeting. Nationwide curfews will be imposed between 9 p.m. and 5 a.m. on weekdays, while for weekends they’ll start at 9 p.m. on Fridays and end at 5 a.m. on Mondays, he said.