Question

Why are some Turkish citizens upset by a 2008 law that allows women to wear traditional headscarves at the government-run universities?

A. They believe government should not decide what students may wear.
B. They feel the law violates the requirement for government to be non-religious.
C. They believe that students should wear only official uniforms.
D. They feel the government should enforce equal religious rights for everyone.

Answer 1

The correct answer is B. . They feel the law violates the requirement for government to be non-religious.

In Turkey, the ban on headscarves is associated with the attempt to make the country secular - that is independent of religion. A ban on head-scarfs at Universities underlines that those institutions are independent of religion.