The Absence & Presence of the ‘Veil’ and National Ideologies of Turkey

The ‘veil’, in both its literal meaning as well as its metaphorical usage, is useful in elucidating the ideological distinctions between women in Turkey. In Turkey, the ‘veil’ has been generally referred to as the ‘politicization of the headscarf’ ever since the 1980s. This ‘secularist’ approach int...

The International Journal of the Humanities: Annual Review

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