Turkish court upholds headscarf ban

In a major blow for Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his Islamist-rooted AKP party, Turkey's top court ruled on 5 June 2008 against easing a ban on women wearing headscarves at universities.

Spiegel Online International, 10.6.08: 'The Constitutional State is in Danger' http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/0,1518,558631,00.html

Radio Netherlands Worldwide, 11.6.08: Divided Turkey sweats in a political heat wave http://www.rnw.nl/english

ESO: Background information: Turks uneasy at plan to drop headscarf ban http://www.europeansources.info/record/turks-uneasy-at-plan-to-drop-headscarf-ban/

BBC News, 5.6.08: Court annuls Turkish scarf reform http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/7438348.stm

Deutsche Welle, 5.6.08: Turkish Court Annuls Controversial Headscarf Law http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,2144,3391796,00.html

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