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2. It is confusing and somehow related to the 1980 coup.

Reply to cbayer (Reply #1)

Wed Nov 28, 2012, 06:26 PM

Nov 2012

Gurkan Avcı, head of the Democratic Educators' Union (DES), said it had removed a legacy of the September 12, 1980 military coup by changing the dress code.

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Turkey lifts headscarf ban in religious schools [View all] rug Nov 2012 OP

This is confusing and I am surprised there was a ban to begin with. cbayer Nov 2012 #1

It is confusing and somehow related to the 1980 coup. rug Nov 2012 #2

I found Istanbul to be very diverse with women and men expressing and not expressing cbayer Nov 2012 #3