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| Turkey Lifts Ban on Islamic Headscarves in Civil Service |
| 2013-10-09 |
| [An Nahar] Turkey on Tuesday lifted a decades-old ban on headscarves in the civil service as part of a package of reforms by the Islamic-rooted government meant to improve democracy. The measure was hailed by Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, whose wife wears a headscarf, as a "step toward normalization" and came into effect after it was published in the Official Gazette. "We have now abolished an archaic provision which was against the spirit of the republic. It's a step toward normalization," Erdogan said in a parliamentary speech to his ruling party politicians. |
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