[Daughters_of_Ataturk] Turkish women react Barroso on headscarf

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Turkish women react Barroso on headscarf

 

Turkish women association reacted to the head of European Commission for his remarks about the headscarf. The associations said most of the Turkish women with headscarves are not granted but lost their freedoms, Milliyet daily reported on Saturday.

Jose Manuel Barroso has said in his speech to the Turkish parliament on Thursday "It was a basic principle that every woman should make her own free choice," adding nobody should expect the EU to take a side on secularism and headscarf issues.  

Prof Necla Arat, CHP's Istanbul MP, criticized Barroso for not knowing the realities of Turkey. "He is not aware of the fact that a very negative works are being done for women," she told Milliyet.

Another women NGO leader said it is "a bizarre thing" that always men express their views on an issue purely about women. "Of course women can decide their own clothing without any pressure from either governments or men. But first of all we have to ensure such freedom," Hulya Gulbahar, the head of KA-DER -a women organization-, said

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