Turkish female MP makes historic plea to preserve Turkey’s secularism
November 2, 2013
Yesterday was an historic day in Turkey as headscarved deputies were allowed for the first time since the 1930’s to sit in Parliament. A disabled female MP addressed the ruling Islamist party AKP in a rousing speech that may be called Turkey’s first “State of the Union” address since Ataturk addressed the first parliament as founder of the People’s Republican Party, the current official opposition.
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