Headscarf debate returns to Turkish politics at initiative of secularist opposition
Source:al Monitor Date:12Oct2022
Lisel Hintz, assistant professor of international relations at Johns Hopkins University in Washington, said the headscarf issue had “faded from the set of issues being legally adjudicated” in recent years.
As part of a drive to appeal to pious voters, she said Kilicdaroglu’s move “seeks to signal to voters that they need not fear anti-pious discrimination under CHP leadership … [but] convincing voters in a highly polarized environment that a party is actually on a different path takes time and demonstrated action.”