"Turkish press teaches how to wear a legally approved headscarf...Illustrated one day course:)
Although I got irritated by Radikal's too pro-CHP politics in recent years, the newspaper now seems to be retreating to its "marginal" and"critical" position. This first page well redescribes positions on the headscarf debate. "A republic of fear" Secularists fear that more veiled women to come and Islamists fear that with the new definition of 'turban', parts of women bodies will be exposed. Well, being part of a small partner of mainstream press, Radikal still plays a trick. Who really produces a climate of fear? We don't know much what Islamists are up to publicly, but mainstream TV channels and press are broadcasting scenarios of ultrasecularists' ultra nightmares everyday...But another level, Radikal headline signifies a social/political habitus. A constant need to produce fears..."
More:Erkan's field diary: Turkish press teaches how to wear a legally approved headscarf...Illustrated one day course:)
