A dean at a Turkish university was stabbed last week after arguing with students about the government’s enforcement of a ban on Islamic headscarves at universities. Zekeriya Beyaz, dean of the school ...

ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey's government and opposition both vowed legal steps to enshrine women's right to wear Islamic headscarves on Wednesday, restoring to the heart of political debate ahead of ...

Turkish feminists largely support measures that allow women to wear headscarves in schools and at work - Copyright CNS/AFP - Turkish feminists largely support ...

Turkey's parliament on Saturday approved two constitutional amendments that would lift a decades-old ban on Islamic headscarves in universities, despite the fierce opposition of the secular ...

ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan has accused opponents of the Islamic-style headscarf for women of trying to sow division in secular but predominantly Muslim Turkey. Turkey's ...

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Police in Iran shut down the Turkish Airlines office in the capital of Tehran, Iranian media reported Tuesday, after female employees there apparently refused to wear the mandatory ...

June 5, 2008, 1:48 PM EDT / Source: Reuters Turkey's top court annulled a reform on Thursday that would allow students to wear Muslim headscarves at university, a serious blow to the ruling party's ...

ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey's parliament lifted a ban on Saturday on female students wearing the Muslim headscarf at university, a landmark decision that some Turks fear will undermine the foundations ...

On Sunday, June 16, with Istanbul’s Taksim Square in a fog of tear gas five miles away, thousands of supporters of Recep Tayyip Erdoğan gathered on seaside fair grounds to hear their embattled prime ...

Women line up to vote for the presidential election in a polling station at the shrine of Saint Saleh in northern Tehran, Iran, Friday, July 5, 2024. Iran held a runoff presidential election on Friday ...

TEHRAN, Iran — Police in Iran shut down the Turkish Airlines office in the capital of Tehran, Iranian media reported Tuesday, after female employees there apparently refused to wear the mandatory ...