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The Headscarf Ban: A Quest for Solutions
March 4, 2008Female students with headscarf are currently prevented to enter the university in Turkey although there is no legal ground for such a ban.
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By Mustafa Şentop
SETA Policy Brief, No. 8, March 2008
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Female students with headscarf are currently prevented to enter the university in Turkey although there is no legal ground for such a ban. The ongoing controversy about the type of clothing for female students at the higher education institutions has become more intensified since the recent constitutional change in February 2008 to lift the de facto headscarf ban. The debate over this question revolves around whether headscarf is a religious attire or a political symbol, whether it should be banned to protect the secular foundations of the state or conversely allowed on the basis of individual freedom of religion as a corollary of secularism. The solution lies in the implementation of constitutional amendments without a further delay.
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