Dodging four men pushing a cart full of honeydew melons, I step out of the noisy traffic of Istanbul, pass through the horseshoe-arched door and trade one commotion for another. Suddenly the air — ...

Turkey has reopened one of Istanbul’s most popular sites, the 15th Century Grand Bazaar, as measures imposed to curb the spread of the coronavirus were eased in the country after more than two months.

Dodging four men pushing a cart full of honeydew melons, I step out of the noisy traffic of Istanbul, pass through the horseshoe-arched door, and trade one commotion for another. Suddenly the air — ...