Turkish MPs plan headscarf reform
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Turkey's ruling AK Party and opposition MPs are to present a plan to ease the headscarf ban in universities.
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Turkish President Abdullah Gul said on Friday he backed the Islamist-rooted government's proposal to lift a ban on the wearing of the Islamic headscarf in universities, a move opposed by the secular establishment.
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Turkey's ruling party and a key opposition party agree to work to  lift a ban on headscarves in universities.
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Turks voted for a new Parliament on Sunday in a contest viewed as pivotal in determining the balance between Islam and secularism in this nation of more than 70 million.
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Turkey's Alevi Muslims have been branded "pagans" for their musical ceremonies and liberal customs but Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan is seeking their votes as his party reaches out beyond its devout Sunni Muslim base.
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Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan vowed to press on with reforms to turn his secular, Muslim country into a modern democracy on a par with its European neighbors after a fresh election victory.
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Turkey&#39;s parliament is meeting Sunday in an emergency session scheduled to amend the country&#39;s penal code. The criminal law reform is a condition set by the European Union for launching formal talks on Turkey&#39;s application for EU membership.
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TURKEY&#39;S Islamic-rooted ruling party was planning to introduce a proposal to criminalise adultery despite earlier statements that the controversial measure had been shelved, Turkish media reported today.
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Turkey&#39;s main opposition party will recall parliament from its summer recess on Sept. 28 to consider a revamped penal code that the European Union has linked to the start of accession talks, said Deniz Baykal, the party&#39;s leader.
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Turkey's prime minister has promised to promote national unity and fight terrorism after his ruling Islamist party comfortably won parliamentary elections. But the AKP's Islamic roots and its appeal to religious supporters have unnerved many in the officially secular nation.
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Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan was quoted in the Financial Times on Wednesday as saying he wanted to lift the ban on the Islamic headscarf in universities as part of a planned constitutional overhaul.
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TURKEYâS parliament met in emergency session yesterday to approve an urgent package of reforms expected to boost the countryâs chances of starting membership talks with the European Union.
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A vote in Parliament set the stage for a showdown with the secular elite over Islamâs place in Turkish society.
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Turkey is navigating between the forces pulling it closer to Islam and the institutions that safeguard its secularism.
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ANKARA, Feb 11 (IPS) - Thanks to an alliance between the ruling Justice  and Development (AK) and Nationalist Action (MH) parties, the  Turkish Grand National Assembly has approved legislation to lift  the ban on wearing the Muslim headscarf for female students at  universities.
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Turks voted for a new parliament on Sunday, faced with a choice between the ruling AK Party's pro-business, religiously conservative policies and nationalist rivals keen to keep Islam out of politics.
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Turkey's Islamic-leaning prime minister called Wednesday for lifting a ban on women wearing head scarves in universities, a shift in position that is certain to alarm secularists who fear the government is moving to foist a Muslim agenda on the nation.