"Unveiling Turkey
TODAY'S COLUMNIST
By Tulin Daloglu
May 9, 2006
ANKARA, Turkey. -- 'Let those wearing headscarves go to Arabistan,' Turkey's former president, Suleyman Demirel, said recently. Yet when I arrived in Ankara's Esenboga international airport last week, I thought for a second that no unveiled women remained in the capital of this Muslim nation. Hundreds were returning from umrah — visiting the sacred lands in Saudi Arabia. Some even had black hijab, showing only a glimpse of their eyes. The baggage claim was chaos, and at the exit gate the passengers were outnumbered by nearly twice as many loved ones waiting to pick them up. Most of them wore a shalwar — a very loose pant, with a skirt on top of it. All wore dark colors. "
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