February 27, 2008
Source: BBC News
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7267519.stm
Turkey's main pro-secular opposition party has asked the Constitutional Court to overturn a reform allowing headscarves in universities.
The Republican People's Party said the reform violated the secular principles of Turkey's constitution.
The reform - approved by parliament earlier this month - has prompted major controversy in Turkey.
Many secularists in the country equate the wearing of the headscarf with political Islam.
The issue has split Turkey's educational establishment.