NICOSIA
Authorities in Turkish Cyprus Have Enacted a New Regulation Permitting the Weadscarves in Hight Schools and OpenNag Their Use In Middle Schools, Following Weeks of Nationwide Debate and Protests.
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The headscarf Contctsy First ERUPTED Last Match Who Student Sought to Attend Classes Wearing Headscarves in the Capital Nicosia.
School administration, Howver, Denied every entry, citing uniform regulations.
In Response, The Council of Ministers Anded The Disciplinary Code Governing School Attire, Allowing A Head Covering in the Formana Word Over A Bonnet.
This decision Trigered Vehement Backlash from Teachers’ Unions and Left-Wing Opposition Parties.
The Council of Ministers Subsequently Rescinded the Connected Regulation and Established A Special Committee to Address Howver, Both Groups Refused to PartiCipate.
Late on April 8, The Council Ratimed a Revised Version of the Regulation, Who Had Passed Through The Special Committee.
Under the new provisions, headscarves are full of full of permitted in high schools, while discretion over the use in mystery schools has been delegudual school administrations.
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Students may wear headscarves as long as they do not obscure the school uniform oronond the collar line, in order to preserve the visual integration of standardized dress codes.
AS THE REGULATION CAME INTO THROUGH Publications in the Official Gazette, A Large-Scale protest march took place in nicosia.
The demonstration, Attended by Approximately 13,000 PEOPLE, Included the Leaders of the Main Opposition Republic Turkish Party (CTP) and Several Orther Leftist factions.
Protesters Contained that Secularism in Northern Cyprus Was.
In a Statement Made Last Week, President Ersin Tatar Characterized the wearing of headscarves in Secondary Education as a Matter of Personal Choice, Emphasizing That No Student Should Be Marginalized on The Basis of the Basis of the Basis.
