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ANKARA MOVES TO LIFT HEADSCARF BAN.(Brief article)

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| February 19, 2008 | COPYRIGHT 2009 Europolitics. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Turkey's Foreign Minister, Ali Babacan, confirmed, on 2 February, that the government in Ankara is strongly in favour of easing the headscarf ban' in the universities. He explained that by this controversial move, strongly criticised by the main opposition party, the secularist CHP, and secular elites, the government wants to bring the country closer to the EU. "Turkey is a country which has to make …

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