Turkish Female Students Forced to Choose Between Belief, Education
October 2, 2000 - 0:0
TEHRAN The Turkish female students who are observing hijab (Islamic dress code) have been forced to choose between their religious beliefs and continuing their studies at Turkish universities.
The Turkish government has banned the female students with Islamic dress from attending universities.
Salma, a Turkish student of philosophy at Ankara University, walks to university every day but is prevented from entering the campus by the university guards because of her Islamic dress.
There are thousands of female students in Turkey who are banned from continuing their education because of observing hijab.
According to a report released by a Turkish human rights organization that champions the rights of female students, some 8,178 female students were banned from attending universities by the Turkish government in 1998 due to their Islamic dress, while the figure rose to 16,768 in 1999.
Bulent Ecevit, the Turkish prime minister, in a TV interview stressed that he would never allow female students with Islamic dress to attend universities.
The Turkish government has banned the female students with Islamic dress from attending universities.
Salma, a Turkish student of philosophy at Ankara University, walks to university every day but is prevented from entering the campus by the university guards because of her Islamic dress.
There are thousands of female students in Turkey who are banned from continuing their education because of observing hijab.
According to a report released by a Turkish human rights organization that champions the rights of female students, some 8,178 female students were banned from attending universities by the Turkish government in 1998 due to their Islamic dress, while the figure rose to 16,768 in 1999.
Bulent Ecevit, the Turkish prime minister, in a TV interview stressed that he would never allow female students with Islamic dress to attend universities.