Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has called an emergency meeting of his Islamic-oriented AKP party a day after Turkey's constitutional court upheld a ban on Islamic headscarves at universities.
The ruling annulls an AKP-sponsored law that had allowed headscarves on campus, which had been the centrepiece of party policies. Correspondents say the court's ruling also strengthens a bid by prosecutors to outlaw the party. A verdict on that is expected later this year. The court's stance has been condemed by AKP politicians but welcomed by the military, which is a stanch Turkish court confirms headscarf ban ...
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(Deutsche Welle)
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