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Turkey: Erdogan calls for referendum on right to wear headscarves

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Saturday proposed holding a referendum to establish a constitutional guarantee of the right to wear a headscarf in state institutions, schools and universities.

This came in response to Turkish main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) Chairperson Kemal Kilicdaroglu law proposal to guarantee the right to wear the headscarf.