"Turkish government faces pressure on headscarves
Sibel Utku Bila
AFP
November 14, 2005
ANKARA -- A decision by the European Court of Human Rights to uphold a ban on Muslim headscarves in Turkish universities placed doubts on November 11 on the government's plans to scrap the prohibition.
The court said that the ban was not a violation of human rights because it could be considered necessary to protect the democratic and secular system in Turkey against extremist movements. "
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