"The majority of Turks are satisfied with the performance of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan's government and are opposed to the official ban on hijab in public offices and universities, according to a poll published on Wednesday, June 14.
The poll, conducted by Isik and Sabanci universities in Istanbul, found that two thirds of the 1,846 people polled in more than 20 towns and cities support Erdogan's efforts to ease hijab ban on students and civil servants, Reuters reported.
The mainly Muslim country of 72 million has a strongly secular political tradition.
In 1997, President Ahmet Necdet Sezer issued a decree banning hijab in state-run institutions, including schools and universities.
Hijab-donned women were also banned from frequenting any social clubs affiliated to the military institution.
Even veiled journalists have been repeatedly prevented from covering news conferences inside government institutions.
Many in Turkey's military, academic and judicial establishment view this ban as a key pillar of Turkey's secular order.
Islam sees hijab as an obligatory code of dress, not a religious symbol displaying one’s affiliations."
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