This amendment will usher in a stricter form of Islam in the secular state. God save the women with uncovered heads.

The fears of Turkey’s Islamisation is a bit far fetched but this country has surely moved eastwards from the European Union. there’s no way EU’s gonna accept Turkey as its member. So much for the sake of religion.

This is so disgusting that ppl go to Parliaments for amendment in fashion accessories. poor Turkish women :-(

New Law would bring pressure on women in Turkey. It will open the society for the entry of Hezbollah terror, Al Qaeda terror and fundamentalism in Turkey.

Islam is the lightning rod for all the fears and concerns. Let Turkey be enlighetened with the light of Islam.

The removal of ban on headscarf is being presented as a freedom to cover the head. It would be soon evolving into a ban on uncovered hair in Turkey.

THis is the indication that Turkey is entering into the era of balance of liberal democracy, Islam and secularism. Western models of governance cannot show the way.

This is the first step of toward the forming of a repressive Islamic state.

Indication to Bush and company - this is the spread of Islam in Turkey. What can you do now?

People in western countries use Women as a means for vulgarity while Islam puts the emphasis on women's dignity. Turkey has taken the right decision.

This is the matter of religious freedom not the issue of public debate. The government of Turkey is taking the right decision..

Lifting the ban is a sign of Turkey's democratic maturity. See this dcision in progressive way.

Removal of the ban on head scarves for women is Turkey's just another step toward creating a modern Muslim state.

Turkey is a not a laicist state now. Laicism means the separation of religions from the state. Turkey would remain backward by separating religion and state because of the presure of some fundamentalists in the country.

It is a step in backward direction for Turkey. This is an indication of exploitation of women and mixing the state and religion as in several Muslim countries. It is islamisation of secular Turkey.

Wake up Turkey, all the achievements you have gained by keeping the Islamic yoke away with the counter-reform of AKP. If a civilization breaches the dogmas of religion, it paves way to great scientific and cultural development.

Turkey can no longer live as secular nation with this shame. Removal of the ban will give upper hand to the supporters of the lifting the headscarf ban.

Turkey is a secular country with predominant Muslim population. It is seeking to join the European Union but now it has taken step in backward direction. Turkey should froget the EU dream now.

It is the end of the suffering of Muslim girls at university gates across Turkey.

Hey Mariam, Turkey is not opening the door of freedom but shutting it for Muslim girls. In Muslim states, brothers shave heads of their sisters to force them to wear head scarves. It would start in Turkey too.

Will it help in strengthening democracy and freedom of religion, or it will help in consolidating traditionalist Islamic practices in Turkey? This is a big question indeed.

People of every region should have the right to dress as they want. Restricting liberties can do only bad for the country. Its really a progressive step.

Needless debate going on here.. How can anybody say that those who wear the headscarf are not secular?

This is the first step in the radicalisation of Turkey’s secular society. The Turkish government is sowing the seeds of a radical Islamic tide that would follow immediately after the lifting of the ban, if it at all happens. This was not the vision of the great Kemal Ataturk. Secular Turks need to protest this as soon as possible. Turkey is the light in the Islamic society and there is every chance that this great country would be drawn into unnecessary religious controversies which could potentially destabilise the region further.

Mustafa Kemal Atatürk made sure that Turkey doesn’t become one of the Islamist states that lie south of its borders. The Arabia and the Shiite Persia turning radical Islam.

The legacy and the ideology of Kemal Atatürk is still supreme. The Turkish Army is a secular entity and swears by Kemal Atatürk’s ideology and the set up of the fabric of the Turkish state.

The removal of the headscarf ban must not be viewed in isolation but in a broad spectrum. In India it is very much allowed, but that doesn’t mean that it secularism has ended (or for that matter never took off) in India.

Many Turkish nationals have been in Germany (major) and many other parts of Europe. I reckon that this move is to respect individual religious beliefs and starkly different from the French Sikh’s turban in France.

Yes, this is great news! This will lead to full blown, open conflict with the secular Turkish army and the government! It won’t be long before either the Islamists win power or the Army moves in - either way the EU will reject Turkey’s membership application! A win/win situation for everyone.