TEHRAN (Tasnim) Four female lawmakers of the Justice and Development Party (AKP) today entered the Turkish Parliament wearing headscarves, 14 years after a similar move led to tensions. Nurcan Dalbudak, Gulay Samanc?, Gonul Bekin ?ahkulubey and Sevde Beyaz?t Kaar became the first women to wear headscarves in a parliamentary session. Deputy Parliament ...

Turkey has finally lifted decades-old ban on wearing headscarves in the civil service as part of a reform package introduced by Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan to improve democracy in the country. The measure, which will not be applied to the Judiciary, the police or the military, came into effect shortly after being published in the Official ...