Turkey: Hijab on first lady

aug 07

"So if he and his wife were to be in the presidential palace, one has to assume that the protocol of the country would change from top to bottom, and that Turkey will quickly become a very different sort of place," Barchard continues. "That, at least, is the fear of middle-class people, civil servants, and those generally opposed to Mr. Gul."

Ataturk, who founded Turkey in 1923, called the head scarf demeaning to women and a serious hindrance to a civilized nation.