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Monday, October 18, 2010

Is the hijab returning to Turkey?

"Is the hijab returning to Turkey?
The country's education board warns Istanbul University against expelling women for veiling
By Tracy Clark-Flory

The days of Muslim university students in Turkey wearing wigs over their headscarves and covering up with oversize baseball caps might be numbered. In response to a letter of complaint written by Zeynep Nur Incekara, a med student who was twice kicked out of class for flouting the unofficial ban on veiling in universities, the country's Higher Education Board has instructed Istanbul University that it can no longer expel students for violating the dress code."

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