Friday, February 08, 2008

Dress freedom in Turkey

"Dress freedom in Turkey
The Edmonton Journal
Published: 2:02 am

Something just happened in distant, exotic Turkey that touches a global nerve, right up to Canada's shores.

Wednesday, lawmakers of the Grand National Assembly in Ankara voted to approve a controversial constitutional amendment. From this day on, women students at universities will be allowed to wear headscarves if they so choose."

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