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Azerbaijan's hijab ban sparks outrage in Turkey as women recall past restrictions

MEE staff · Middle East Eye

Published 15 Oct 2026, 6:45 am·58 min ago·1 min read

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Azerbaijan's hijab ban sparks outrage in Turkey as women recall past restrictions Submitted by MEE staff on Wed, 10/14/2026 - 19:03 The exclusion of headscarf-wearing students and teachers from Azerbaijani schools has stirred a wave of solidarity in Turkey People wave the Turkish and Azerbaijani national flags in Baku, Azerbaijan, on 10 November 2020 (Tofik Babayev/AFP) Off Azerbaijan's restrictions on Islamic headscarves in schools have sparked this week a wave of condemnation in neighbouring Turkey, where scenes of girls being turned away from classrooms have revived painful memories of the…

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