Turkey's wedding halls reopen with lace-trimmed masks and muted celebrations


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  • Friday, 03 Jul 2020

Bride Pelsin Akkoyun and groom Nizamettin Bingol, wearing protective face masks, are pictured during their civil wedding ceremony, amid the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Diyarbakir, Turkey, July 2, 2020. REUTERS/Sertac Kayar

DIYARBAKIR, Turkey (Reuters) - Bride-to-be Merve Kacar adjusted her gown, placed a crown on her head and added the finishing touch of a lace-trimmed white face mask as she prepared for her wedding in southeast Turkey after a three-month delay.

The country allowed wedding halls, along with theatres and internet cafes, to open again from Wednesday as it wound down some of its last major coronavirus curbs in a bid to return life to normal and revive the economy.

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