Turkey was paralysed yesterday as some 60 million Turks were obliged to remain at home while government officials updated the electoral register for polls next March, AFP reports from Ankara. A curfew from 5am to 7pm was imposed to allow officials to carry out the update. Turkey carries out a similar operation every five years for a population census.
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