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2 million jobless as coronavirus batters Turkish economy, opposition leader says

Turkey's president is facing pressure from the opposition to impose a nationwide lockdown.
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More than 2 million people are out of a job in Turkey, the country’s main opposition party said Friday, with hundreds of thousands of businesses shuttered across the country due to the coronavirus. 

“They had to start a campaign to keep people home. This current campaign has only led to one thing: unemployment," Kemal Kilicdaroglu, leader of the Republican People's Party (CHP), said in an interview Friday. 

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