Global Pulse 2/21/08 - Turkey and the Headscarf

23rd February 2008

Turkey’s ban on women’s headscarves kept religious women from attending college. Is the lifting of the ban a liberalization, helping equalize the poor and the rich? Or is it a step on the slippery slope toward Islamization? As Europe continues to mull over Turkey’s bid to join the EU, the answer will have serious consequences.

Link TV provides a deviating view of this subject through the news coverage from six different countries. SOURCES: TRT, Turkey; Deutche Welle, Germany; TV5, France; TVE, Spain; Alalam and Press TV, Iran; Al Jazeera English, Qater.

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