"Turkey at a Crossroads
Turkish Vote on Hijab Ban
Since the beginning of the new semester I have been holed up in my office at the University of Lethbridge, writing, rewriting, submitting and marking papers, with the usual flourish of critical stress common in all overly committed individuals. However, this is no excuse for the appalling lack of posting here on this blog. I was struck by how far behind I had fallen, when today, on a uncharacteristically productive break, I finally checked the international news, only to discover that the debate on rescinding the hijab ban, or at least one version of the hijab, had ended in the Turkish Parliament, and had passed the first round of voting to be enacted into law."
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