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İYİ Party may support 'headscarf' amendment to Constitution

İYİ Party may support 'headscarf' amendment to Constitution

The opposition party's support may prove crucial as the ruling alliance doesn't have enough seats to pass the amendment or bring it to a referendum.

14 December 2022

Erdoğan says 'LGBT imposition a global dictatorship tool' against Islam

Erdoğan says 'LGBT imposition a global dictatorship tool' against Islam

Headscarf restrictions in Europe are a new form of racism, according to the president.

28 November 2022

Anti-LGBTI+ rallies continue across Türkiye as Erdoğan pushes for constitutional amendment

Anti-LGBTI+ rallies continue across Türkiye as Erdoğan pushes for constitutional amendment

Hundreds gathered in an anti-LGBTI+ rally in İzmir while the president reiterated his intentions to amend the Constitution "to protect the family."

7 November 2022

AKP delegation tours opposition parties for 'headscarf' proposal

AKP delegation tours opposition parties for 'headscarf' proposal

The ruling party brought up the constitutional amendment proposal in response to the main opposition CHP's headscarf move. The proposal reportedly includes anti-LGBTI+ provisions "to protect the family."

3 November 2022

Erdoğan's AKP poised to propose 'anti-LGBTI+' amendment to Constitution

Erdoğan's AKP poised to propose 'anti-LGBTI+' amendment to Constitution

The amendment will both protect women's right to wear a headscarf and "institutionalize family values," according to the president.

31 October 2022

Women Who Abandon Headscarves Make Their Voices Heard With #10yearchallenge

Women Who Abandon Headscarves Make Their Voices Heard With #10yearchallenge

The #10yearchallenge has become a platform for women who abandoned their headscarves in Turkey. Sharing their photos with and without headscarves, women make their struggle more visible.

21 January 2019 Haluk Kalafat

Investigation Into Mufti’s Post Targeting Women Not Wearing Headscarf

Investigation Into Mufti’s Post Targeting Women Not Wearing Headscarf

Directorate of Religious Affairs has launched an investigation into a post of Mufti of Gölcük district Mehmet Yazıcı on Facebook.

22 September 2017

Police Women Now Allowed to Wear Headscarves

Police Women Now Allowed to Wear Headscarves

With the latest amendments in the Dress Code For Security Employees published on the Official Gazette on August 27, it is now possible that police women wear headscarves.

“Limiting Freedoms to One Field is Not Ethical”

“Limiting Freedoms to One Field is Not Ethical”

Abdullah Karahan from Eğitim-Sen Union criticized the recent allowing of students to wear headscarves in schools, reminding the compulsory religious classes and closure of Kurdish-language teaching schools.

23 September 2014 Yüce Yöney

Turkey Removes Headscarf Ban for Advocates

Turkey Removes Headscarf Ban for Advocates

A state council division ordered to remove the obligation that Turkey's advocates "must not wear headscarves" at work.

24 January 2013

Headscarf as Potential Reason to Take Children from Their Families

RIGHTS OF THE CHILD

Headscarf as Potential Reason to Take Children from Their Families

Social Service expert Karatay said that children can be taken away from their families by the state in case they are not sent to school because of wearing a headscarf. He indicated that the child's mental and intellectual development would be obstructed by a deprivation of education.

26 October 2010 Semra Pelek

Dwindling Work Force: Professional Women with Headscarves

Dwindling Work Force: Professional Women with Headscarves

Women wearing a headscarf are 'invisible' in the companies they work. This is one of the findings of a study into working life of professional women wearing headscarves. The research dealt with the headscarf ban at universities and discrimination in professional life.

25 June 2010 Berivan Tapan

“Sexual Discrimination Will Not End Before Islam’s Perception Changed”

Hidayet Tuksal, representative of the Capitol City Women’s Platform, says, “The reason the social sexual discrimination does not end has to do with the fact that religious perspective is not improved.”

1 December 2008 Erol Önderoğlu

The Bosphorus University Students Organize A “Headscarf Action”

The students from the Bosphorus University organized a demonstration against the banning of headscarf in the universities. They declared that that even though they cannot see their future in this country, they will not accept this situation.

Family Says "Cover", School Says "Take off the Headscarf"

As the government, the opposition and families continue to struggle for power over children's bodies, education expert Aydoganoglu warns that the children's self-confidence is destroyed.

19 December 2007 Gökçe Gündüç

Gül in Cyprus, Constitutional Draft Before Erdogan

President Gül has travelled to Northern Cyprus. The draft constitution is to be presented to Prime Minister Erdogan.

19 September 2007 Gökçe Gündüç

First Controversial "First Lady"

According to journalist Atikoglu, Hayrünnisa Gül is the first controversial "first lady". Her headscarf, whether intentional or not, is "a wink in the direction of certain group".

29 August 2007 Gökçe Gündüç

General Staff Rejects Journalist's Analysis

General Staff Rejects Journalist's Analysis

Following the comments journalist Metehan Demir made in an interview in the "Radikal" newspaper, the General Staff has published a press release on its website denouncing his claims as "lies". Demir stands behind his analysis.

22 August 2007 Erhan Üstündağ