Thursday, February 07, 2008

The Headscarf Strikes Back

"TURKEY

The Headscarf Strikes Back

by J. N. Couvas

ANKARA, Feb 6 - An agreement between ruling Justice and Development (AK) and Nationalist Action (MH) parties, and a legislative package passed Friday by a parliamentary committee and due to be adopted this week by the Turkish Grand National Assembly, seem to have paved the way to the irreversible return of the headscarf to the country’s public life. "

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