Swimming Against the Current: The Women Removing their Headscarves in Erdoğan’s Turkey – Byline Times

Swimming Against the Current The Women Removing their Headscarves in Erdoğan’s Turkey Merve Pehlivan 12 May 2023 Growing up in a traditionally pious neighbourhood in Istanbul, Ceyda was sent to a Quranic school by the Sunni İsmailağa congregation aged four and made to wear a full black chador (head covering) on the day she began menstruating. More:Swimming Against the Current: The Women Removing their Headscarves in Erdoğan’s Turkey – Byline Times