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ANKARA, Turkey — Lawmakers voted early today to approve a constitutional amendment allowing female students to enter universities wearing Islamic head scarves — a move some Turks see as a threat to the traditional separation of church and state.
Lawmakers voted 401-110 in a preliminary vote in favor of the government’s proposed amendment to the secular constitution. The government has defended its plan as a reform needed to give its citizens religious liberty and bring Turkey in line with European Union human-rights guidelines.
