Azerbaijan's hijab ban sparks outrage in Turkey as women recall past restrictions
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…
In a wave of solidarity, women in Turkey are expressing outrage over Azerbaijan's recent ban on hijabs in schools, as it has dredged up painful memories of their own country's history with similar restrictions. The exclusion of headscarf-wearing students and teachers from Azerbaijani schools has sparked condemnation across the border, with many Turkish social media users recalling their own experiences of discrimination during the country's own decades-long bans on headscarves in universities and public institutions, following the military intervention of 1997, known as the "postmodern coup."
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