In Turkey’s latest covid-19 lockdown, alcohol sales are barred
A backlash brews, as critics fear encroaching Islamism
EUROPE’S AUTOCRATS have different views on covid-19 and strong drink. Alexander Lukashenko, Belarus’s president, says vodka might ward off the virus. Turkey’s president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, begs to differ. Shortly after he ordered Turks to stay at home for 18 days, starting on April 29th, after a record surge in covid cases, his government said it would ban alcohol sales during the entire lockdown.
This article appeared in the Europe section of the print edition under the headline “Erdogan’s no-wine situation”
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