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In Muslim-majority Turkey, it’s common to hear the call to prayer five times a day. But during the pandemic, it’s also become common to hear a separate, more somber prayer that marks a death. In Istanbul, reporter Durrie Bouscaren speaks with one muezzin, the person who recites the call, about what the pandemic has meant for him.