Monday, February 25, 2008

Turkey's AKP u-turn on additional headscarf legislation, as universities divided (UPDATED) - Hürriyet

"Turkey's AKP u-turn on additional headscarf legislation, as universities divided (UPDATED)

An AKP official said there is no need to change the additional 17th article of the Higher Education Law to lift the headscarf ban, reversing an earlier agreement between the governing party and nationalist MHP, who supported the constitutional amendments as the legal dispute grows."

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