Tuesday, February 12, 2008

AK Party backtracks on minority law to appease MHP

TODAY'S ZAMAN
The ruling Justice and Development Party (AK Party), which has relied on the support of the opposition Nationalist Movement Party's (MHP) to lift a ban against headscarves in Turkish universities, is backing down from its earlier stance on returning property to religious minorities. Sources close to the government say the text of the minorities bill will be changed, in what they call a "gesture" for the MHP's earlier support.


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