"Turkish PM admits scarf comments
By Jonny Dymond
BBC News, Istanbul
Women in certain state jobs are not allowed to wear the headscarf
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has admitted speaking about the possibility of lifting restrictions on the wearing of headscarves in Turkey.
But he said the German newspaper report had left out a condition he had set - that any change in the law must be backed by a broad consensus.
Mr Erdogan had previously denied making the comments to Welt am Sonntag.
But the newspaper produced e-mails showing that one of his aides had approved publishing them.
The headscarf is a sensitive topic in Turkey. "
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