Turkish PM Calls For Bringing Back The Scarf

It seems that Islamism, like the hand which emerges from the grave at the end of the horror movie, always comes back, no matter how hopeful the reforms:

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has calle for the lifting of a ban on women wearing headscarves at state universities. Mr Erdogan told the UK's Financial Times the ban was depriving some women of the right to higher education.

The PM's Islamist-rooted AK Party began drafting a new constitution after its landslide election victory in July.

The separation of religion and state enshrined in the current constitution is one of the key issues in the debate.