Headscarf: The Day Turkey Stood Still
Indispensable to understanding the conflicts in modern Turkey today On May 2, 1999, after her election to the Turkish Parliament, 30-year-old Merve Kavakci walked into the Turkish Grand National Assembly to take her oath of office wearing her Islamic headscarf. A near riot ensued; deputies shouted for her to get out and banged on their desks, and the Prime Minister of Turkey to More »