Turkey mosques reopen for mass prayers

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Turkish mosques reopened for mass prayers more than two months after they had shutdown, as the government eased restrictions aimed at stopping the spread of the coronavirus, according to AFP.

Turkey has been shifting since May to a “new normal” by loosening lockdown measures and opening shopping malls, barbers and hair salons.

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said many other sites — restaurants and cafes as well as libraries, parks and beaches — will reopen from Monday.

Female worshippers wearing protective facemasks maintain the required social distance during the Friday prayer outside The Fatih Mosque in Istanbul on May 29. — AFP
Female worshippers wearing protective facemasks maintain the required social distance during the Friday prayer outside The Fatih Mosque in Istanbul on May 29. — AFP

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