Books unveil Turkish hijab ban torment

Sat Jul 2, 2011

Anecdotes in two books have unveiled that Turkish military wives have been the main victims of an ongoing hijab ban in the country for decades, a report says.

Yusuf Caglayan, a retired military judge, in his book, In Army and in Court; Besieging the Strikers and Turkish author Iskender Pala in his book, Between Two Coups have unveiled new aspects of the torment that the Turkish military wives have been suffering as a result of the hijab ban that was put into effect as part of the February 28 process in 1997, Turkey's Moralhaber website reported.

A large number of the hijab-wearing relatives, and in particular the wives, of the members of Turkey's armed forces have lost their emotional balance because of an ongoing hijab ban, the report said.

Following the implementation of the hijab ban after the postmodern coup of February 28, 1997 in Turkey, many of these women have not been able to leave their homes merely because they were wearing hijab.

Many of them were also forced to commit suicide due to pressures of criticisms and censures from neighbors and others.

In addition, simply because of the fact that they wear hijab, they have been deprived of health care benefits in military hospitals and have been forced to sustain the pains and miseries from different illnesses.

This comes as school and university students wearing hijab in Turkey have been regarded as the biggest front of the fight against hijab ban in public sector and educational places in the country.

The hijab-wearing university students, in particular, hold gatherings in front of universities and try to materialize their rights through lawful means.

Source: PressTV.
Link: http://www.presstv.ir/detail/187171.html.