Monday, February 25, 2008

SOCIAL POLARIZATION DEEPENING IN TURKEY - Eurasia Daily Monitor

"SOCIAL POLARIZATION DEEPENING IN TURKEY

By Gareth Jenkins

Monday, February 25, 2008

As supporters of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) stage sporadic protests in western Turkey against the ongoing Turkish military operations in northern Iraq, the government’s hurried attempt to lift the headscarf ban in Turkish universities appears to be deepening the other great divide in Turkish society, namely that over the role of Islam in public life."

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