BBC: " Secular forces are against lifting the ban on the headscarf in Turkey." Le Monde: " The project has triggered hot debates." El Pais: " The most worrying item in the constitutional bill."  Erdoğan's words on the headscarf echo in the world press |
The attempt of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan to lift the ban on the headscarf has led to repercussions in the world press. The foreign press commented: " the headscarf project has triggered hot debates" ; " the secular forces are against lifting the ban on the headscarf in Turkey." Le Monde: " the project of the Turkish government to allow the wearing headscarf in universities has triggered debates on this issue. Lifting the ban on the headscarf is an issue that could bring the army and the government face to face." BBC: " Including the army and the judicial organs, the secular forces of Turkey are against any movement regarded as erosion of the secular system in the country." |
The world's eyes are set on the headscarf issue
The Prime Minister's statement about the headscarf had great repercussions in the world press.
