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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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