Published 03 Apr,2021 via Hürriyet Daily News - Turkey’s restaurants that had been closed for months before are now bracing for a fallout from restrictive measures to be implemented during the upcoming Islamic holy month of Ramadan.
In March, the government allowed eateries to receive customers during certain business hours at 50 percent capacity under its controlled normalization program.
However, as the number of COVID-19 cases started to leap across the country, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on March 29 announced a raft of restrictive measures, including full weekend lockdowns during Ramadan, which will take place from April 13 to May 12.
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