Turkish teacher on her right to wear a headscarf 28 Jan 08

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Turkey's political leaders are looking at whether a ban on women wearing headscarves in universities should be lifted. The ban is the subject of fierce debate in the country - to some it's about freedom of expression, to others it's a threat to Turkey's secular constitution. But now, the ruling AK party appears to have enough support in parliament to overturn the ban. Zeynep Piyade is a primary school teacher - she gives us her views on why she thinks it's a woman's right to wear the headscarf wherever she wants.

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