2008
DOI: 10.1080/13608740802158923
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The Gordian Knot of Turkish Politics: Regulating Headscarf Use in Public

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“…So did the Kemalist NGOs, notably the Ataturk Thought Association, which joined hands with the military in April 2007 to oppose the nomination of then foreign minister, Abdullah Gul, of the ruling party as presidential candidate. Likewise, on the issue of headscarf several Islamist organisations openly backed the AKP government's move in February 2008 to end the decade-old ban on female students wearing headscarves in the universities, while the Kemalist feminist groups were resistant to any liberalisation of the dress code (Wltse 2008).…”
Section: Illiberal Features Of Turkish Politymentioning
confidence: 99%
“…So did the Kemalist NGOs, notably the Ataturk Thought Association, which joined hands with the military in April 2007 to oppose the nomination of then foreign minister, Abdullah Gul, of the ruling party as presidential candidate. Likewise, on the issue of headscarf several Islamist organisations openly backed the AKP government's move in February 2008 to end the decade-old ban on female students wearing headscarves in the universities, while the Kemalist feminist groups were resistant to any liberalisation of the dress code (Wltse 2008).…”
Section: Illiberal Features Of Turkish Politymentioning
confidence: 99%
“…A promising starting point may either be a certain position that is likely to feature promi nently in a religion-related field or a debate that is likely to cut across religionnonreligion distinctions. A well-researched example of the latter case is the headscarf debate in Turkey, where one faces a Gordian knot of distinctions between religious, juridical, political, cultural, gender, and milieu specific aspects of the debate (Wiltse 2008). The respective situation in Germany and France is structured rather differently, because the religious and religionrelated field is constituted in other ways, including differences in the interpre tation of secularism and religious freedom.…”
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confidence: 98%