What Turkey got right about the pandemic
It helps not to keep old people in nursing homes
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IN EARLY MARCH, before Turkey had formally registered its first case of covid-19, Sabah, a pro-government newspaper, praised the country for setting a “leading example” in the fight against the novel coronavirus. Some 160,000 confirmed cases later, the fanfare is rather quieter. Still, as the country emerges from lockdown, there is some cause for cheer. Turkey’s government has a reputation for throttling dissent and picking fights with its European and American allies. But it has handled the pandemic better than many.
This article appeared in the Europe section of the print edition under the headline "Strength in numbers"
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