{
  "id": 14520591,
  "title": "Azerbaijan's hijab ban sparks outrage in Turkey as women recall past restrictions",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/14/azerbaijans-hijab-ban-sparks-outrage-in-turkey-as-women-recall-past",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-14T19:45:54.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Middle East Eye",
    "slug": "middle-east-eye",
    "url": "https://www.middleeasteye.net/trending/azerbaijans-hijab-ban-sparks-outrage-turkey-women-recall-past-restrictions"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "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.\"",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Al-Monitor",
        "title": "Why Israel, Armenia don't benefit from hijab spat between Turkey, Azerbaijan",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/14/why-israel-armenia-dont-benefit-from-hijab-spat-between-turkey",
        "published": "2026-10-14T17:44:51.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}