Turkey's parliamentary speaker has suggested curtailing the powers of the country's highest court over its decision to uphold the ban on wearing Islamic headscarves at university.
Koksal Toptan, from the ruling AK Party, said the court had exceeded its brief when it decreed that the government's decision to lift the headscarf Turkish court confirms headscarf ban ...
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12th Century key to Islam's holiest shrine sets sale record ... ban violated Turkey's secular constitution. Toptan raised the idea of reforming the constitution to reintroduce a senate, which could act as a balance to Turkey's Constitutional Court.
(Deutsche Welle)
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