Turkey: Islamic head scarf ban at academies lifted in preliminary vote

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF
Turkish lawmakers early Thursday voted to approve a constitutional amendment to allow female students to enter universities wearing Islamic head scarves. The issue symbolizes the divide between the Islamic-oriented government and the military-backed secular establishment. The lawmakers voted 401-110 in a preliminary vote in favor of the government's proposed amendment to the secular constitution, which would remove the decades-old ban.