Headscarf rights in Turkey
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Turkey has been a secular state since it was founded by Mustafa Kemal Atatürk in 1923. He introduced the secularization of the state in the Turkish Constitution of 1924, alongside Atatürk's Reforms. However, Ataturk never forbade the headscarf.
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See also
- Leyla Şahin v. Turkey
- Islamic dress in Europe
- Islam and clothing
- Islam in Turkey
- Secularism in Turkey
- Freedom of religion in Turkey
- Merve Kavakçı
- Snow (Pamuk novel)
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