Sefer Yucel, a tellak, a special attendant who massages and bathes customers taking a Turkish bath, wears a protective mask and a face shield as he bathes his customer Mustafa Keskin in the men's section of the historical Cemberlitas Hammam, following the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Istanbul, Turkey June 12, 2020. REUTERS/Murad Sezer
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - In a Turkish bath in Istanbul's historic Sultanahmet district, attendants wait for their next customers wearing only towels around their waists - and masks and plastic visors on their faces.
As Turkey relaxes measures put in place to slow the spread of the coronavirus, it has reopened its famous hammams, or Turkish baths, albeit with preventative measures.
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