Friday, February 8, 2008

Why Did Ms. Erdogan Attend Indiana University?

According to The New York Times, one of the reasons a daughter of Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan attended Indiana University is the Turkish government's ban on women wearing headscarves at university. She could attend university in Bloomington while covering her head -- but not in Ankara or Istanbul.

There's more on Esra Erdogan and IU here.

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