Reuters: Turk party asks top court to block headscarf reform
ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkey’s main opposition party said on Wednesday it had asked the Constitutional Court to quash a government-backed reform aimed at easing a ban on women students wearing the Muslim headscarf at university.
The move by the staunchly secularist Republican People’s Party (CHP) comes amid increased tensions between Turkey’s Islamist-rooted government and a powerful secular elite that says the reform will erode the separation of state and religion.
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