Debate over Headscarves Returns to Turkish Politics Ahead of Polls

In Turkey, the right of women to wear religious headscarves has once again become the subject of political debate. With elections less than a year away, the leaders of the country’s main political parties are vowing to legally enshrine women’s rights to wear religious attire, an issue that for decades was the center of a bitter political struggle. For VOA, Dorian Jones reports from Istanbul

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