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Radio France Internationale
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Dorian Jones

Debate on religious headscarves returns to the heart of Turkish politics

The right to wear religious headscarves has returned to the centre of Turkey's political debate as the country gears up for elections in 2023. © Aris Messinis/AFP/Getty Images

In Turkey, the right of women to wear religious headscarves has returned to the core of the country's political agenda. With elections less than a year away, the leaders of Turkey's main political parties are vowing to enshrine the right for women to wear religious dress legally, an issue that for decades has been at the centre of a bitter political struggle.

With presidential elections due in June 2023, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and the leader of the main opposition CHP party, Kemal Kilicdaroglu, are promising to introduce legal guarantees for the right of women to wear a religious headscarf.

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