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.
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