Thursday, November 10, 2005

BBC NEWS | Europe | Court backs Turkish headscarf ban

"Court backs Turkish headscarf ban
Turkish women in headscarves
The headscarf issue divides Turkish society
Turkey can ban Islamic headscarves in universities, the European Court of Human Rights has ruled.

The court rejected an appeal by a Turkish woman who argued that the state ban violated her right to an education and discriminated against her.

Leyla Sahin had brought the case in 1998 after being excluded from class at Istanbul University."

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