"Islamic-Style Swimsuits Give Women Freedom to Dive In
# A commentator's criticism of the outfits stirs debate in Turkey, where many wear Western fashions, and some even go topless.
By Amberin Zaman, Special to The Times
ISTANBUL, Turkey — Reha Muhtar, a popular Turkish writer, was vacationing on Turkey's Aegean coast when he saw two young women, hair tucked under hoods, bodies cloaked in ankle-length outfits, diving off an expensive yacht.
'Not in all my years had I ever seen anything quite so bizarre,' Muhtar wrote in a recent column in the daily Sabah newspaper."
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