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Female officers allowed to wear headscarves

Turkey has for the first time allowed female members of the armed forces to wear headscarves while on duty as part of their uniform. Women…

Turkey has for the first time allowed female members of the armed forces to wear headscarves while on duty as part of their uniform.
Women serving in the armed forces “will be able to cover their heads” under their caps or berets so long as the headscarf is “the same colour as the uniform and without pattern”, said a new defence ministry regulation announced on Wednesday.
The lift on the ban is going to come into effect once the regulation is announced in the Official Gazette, according to Turkish media.
The ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) has long pressed for the removal of restrictions on women wearing the headscarf in the officially secular state.
Turkey lifted a ban on the wearing of headscarves on university campuses in 2010.
 

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