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Mardin welcomes President in 4 languages…

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And there were Turkish, Arabic and Syrian in addition to Kurdish banners.. Kurdish language program at university sign of Turkish prosperity, says Gül from Hurriyet Dailynews Different cultures contribute to Turkey?s prosperity, President Abdullah Gül said at a ground-breaking ceremony in the southeastern Anatolian province of Mardin on Monday. FATMA DİŞLİ ZIBAK – Chief prosecutor … Read more

Yargıtay decrees: Headscarf is illegal

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Yargıtay (The Supreme Court of Appeals of Turkey ) today made the headlines. It announced that YÖK’s latest move, allowing headscarfed women to universities, is not right, it violates Constitutional and European Court decisions. After the HSYK defeat, this seems to be a last breath shot of the Kemalist judiciary… I don’t believe Yargıtay’s move … Read more

Politics roundup. Kılıçdaroğlu’s promise of more dynamic CHP brings more confusion within the party….

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From(L-R) Turkey’s Industry and Trade Minister Nihat Ergun, Finance Minister Mehmet Simsek, State Minister Zafer Caglayan, Deputy Prime Minister and Economy Minister Ali Babacan, State Minister Cevdet Yilmaz and Labour Minister Omer Dincer attend a news conference in Ankara October 11, 2010. Babacan said the government would adhere to fiscal discipline and would not overspend … Read more

Richard Peres on headscarfed women’s next big challenge… and a politics roundup

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The next big challenge for women who wear headscarves: getting a job by Richard Peres

The recent signs that all of Turkey?s universities may open their gates and classrooms to women wearing headscarves are welcome and worthy of celebration.

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“Headscarf Ban at Universities Softened but more to do for human rights…

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It is just like that. In another round of never ending headscarf issue, Higher Education Council (YÖK) sent university presidents a memo to actually lift the ban. But of course it will take more time to legally change the situation… It is only after the miserable defeat of Kemalist forces in referendum, this shameful ban … Read more

BBC interviews Hilal Kaplan on “the humiliating ban”

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Hilal Kaplan feels the ban discriminates against women like herself and holds Turkey back ‘Humiliating ban’ from BBC News | Europe | World Edition Student explains why she defied Turkish headscarf ban Jour de marché avant les fêtes (kurban bayram) à Hakkari : le calme avant la tempête kurde from YOL (routes de Turquie et … Read more

Nagehan Alçı: “No headscarf-wearing lady working here

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No headscarf-wearing lady working here by NAGEHAN ALÇI – AKŞAM During a TV program several months ago, when Turkish Industrialists and Businessmen?s Association (TÜSİAD) Chairwoman Ümit Boyner made a statement about welcoming headscarves, a viewer sent an e-mail to the program asking Boyner whether there were any veiled women working at least as cashiers at … Read more