Turkish Observant Women Wearing Scarves March in Turkish Cities Protesting The Supreme Court
Turkish observant women wearing scarves march in Turkish cities protesting the Turkish Supreme Court decision to upturn the lifting the ban on headscarves for college students. What secularists tyranny? Headscarves women march against court ruling Saturday, June 7, 2008 ISTANBUL - Reuters Hundreds of headscarved women protested Friday against a court ruling to cancel a reform which would have allowed students to wear the Muslim garment at university. About 500 women demonstrated in the southeastern city of Diyarbakır after Friday prayers, and hundreds more in colourful headscarves chanted slogans in Istanbul. "I'm crushed and feel hopeless. I really don't feel equal to anybody else in this country anymore," said Esra Altınay Özbecetek, 29, who ditched university when she was 19 because she was not allowed to wear her headscarf to class. "For 10 years I've watched people enter and graduate from university and I've just sat by and watched," she said. L...