Facing the Atatürk Cultural Center, which was draped in Turkish flags and a portrait of Turkey’s founder Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, Gündüz stood silently for eight hours on Monday, inspiring similar protests elsewhere in ?stanbul as well as other provinces across the country.
Turkey has been rocked by demonstrations that began in and around Taksim Square after police used tear gas and water cannon to disperse crowds protesting a government plan to redevelop the Gezi Park in Taksim.
A friend of Gündüz said in a post on Facebook that, years ago, Gündüz had also protested a ban preventing headscarved students from entering universities by attending a class with a headscarf.
Until 2010, headscarved students were not admitted to lectures at universities due to the headscarf ban. The ban was eliminated after the Higher Education Board (YÖK) sent a circular to universities on the issue. However, there are still some university students who face problems when wearing a headscarf because some universities and professors insist on retaining the ban.
source: todayszaman
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