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[BBC News] 12 Feb 2008--Turkey's parliament has voted in favour of overturning a ban on the Islamic headscarf in universities.
The government argued that changing the constitution was crucial to ensure all women had equal access to a higher education.
But far from offering a definitive solution, this ruling threatens to cause chaos.
Women have been banned from covering their heads in all state offices and institutions in Turkey for decades.
It is part of the strict division between religion and politics in a country where at least 99% of the population is Muslim.
In the 1980s the headscarf was also prohibited at all universities, declared a symbol of political Islam.
Turkey's current government, led by religious conservatives, has long pledged to overturn that.
But it is a highly controversial and divisive issue.
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