Headscarf : the day Turkey stood still /
On May 2nd 1999, Merve Kavakçı walked into the Turkish Grand National Assembly to take her oath of office as a member of Turkish Parliament, wearing her Islamic headscarf (hijab), which is banned for civil servants in secular Turkey. A near riot ensued, and the Prime Minister told the crowd to ...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Reading, UK :
Garnet Pubublishing Ltd.,
2013
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| Edition: | First paperback edition |
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