Turkey's Conundrum: Women and Modernity
By Fatma Benli | Tuesday, April 09, 2013
In the late 1990s, Turkey banned women from wearing head scarves in public institutions. This edict, unfortunately, had the effect of denying some women the ability to pursue higher education — and thus from sharing in and contributing to Turkey's economic development. Fatma Benli explains how the head scarf ban has been unhelpful for women’s advancement.
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