"What would Ataturk say?
By Zvi Bar'el
An electric bulb crowned with rays of light is the symbol of Turkey's Islamic Justice and Development Party (AKP). Last month this electric light had good reason to shine. With a large majority, the Turkish parliament voted to allow women to wear a head covering at the country's universities, something that had been forbidden since the founding of the secular republic. The vote sent Turkey into a tumult, and large numbers of people took to the streets. But the AKP, which is headed by Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, had won its first significant religious victory since it was first elected to govern, in 2002."
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