ISTANBUL (AP) - Turkey's military has a tradition of interfering in politics, even staging several coups in past decades. But on Wednesday, the chief of the secular armed forces refrained from direct ...

When Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan visited us in New York a few years ago, he said his daughters chose to study in the U.S. in part because it was illegal to wear head scarves at Turkish ...

The head scarf ban was enforced after a military coup in 1980. Deans of several state and private universities on Friday warned the government against approving the measure, ...

Turkish defence ministry officials say a rule banning head scarves in the military has been relaxed. It signifies a major shift in the armed forces, which have always seen themselves as the guardians ...

The Islamist-leaning government of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has announced that it plans to change the constitution to allow women to wear Muslim head scarves while attending The Week US ...

Turkey's parliament voted overwhelmingly this month to end a ban on women wearing head scarves at universities. While this move was decried by Turkey's secular elite, it was the proper thing to do.

Harriet Aufses, 90, knits scarves for members of the military. Last year alone, the group shipped off 25,708 scarves, as well as 10,620 handmade hats and 67,706 paracord bracelets.

Turkish defence ministry officials say a rule banning head scarves in the military has been relaxed. It signifies a major shift in the armed forces, which have always seen themselves as the guardians ...

When Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan visited our headquarters in New York a few years ago, he told us that one of the reasons his daughters chose to study in the U.S. was that it was against ...

Turkish defence ministry officials say a rule banning head scarves in the military has been relaxed. It signifies a major shift in the armed forces, which have always seen themselves as the ...