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Dismissal of veiled Turkish deputy from parliament denounced
Turkey, Politics, 5/18/1999
Disputes increased between Turkey and neighboring countries because of denaturalizing parliamentary deputy Merve Kavakci, accusing her of carrying US citizenship without the permission of Ankara, which is considered a violation of local law, after she provoked the secular authorities by entering the parliament wearing a headscarf.
A Turkish - Iranian dispute erupted because of Turkish accusation against Iran that the latter supports the veiled deputy.
In addition, a member of the political bureau of the Turkish Islamic Virtue Party, Yousseria Hamdan, denounced the punishment of Kavakci for entering the parliament wearing a headscarf, considering this punishment to be a brutal interference with her personal freedom and a real lapse for democracy.
Hamdan said the confusing stance of the government has received a great and deep rejection from Arab and Islamic countries because it is a position against a recognized religious matter.
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