Why Do We Still Discuss the Headscarf Issue?
Why Do We Still Discuss the Headscarf Issue?

Summary/Abstract: Most have already fed up; yet, some still carry hopes to solve the dispute. Whether name it as a debate, a dispute or as some like to call a “war,” headscarf is a modern phenomenon which seems to occupy the agenda until the parties of the dispute agree at least on certain terms. What is obvious, albeit the issue has been discussed at diverse levels, multiple aspects of the dispute originated by specific historical and socio cultural dynamics of Turkey have mostly undermined in the current discussions. Besides, as the basic medium, upon which the discussions intensify, the concept of “public sphere” is also needed to be revised to comprehend where all these headscarf discussions can take us.

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