Recep Tayyip Erdogan accused backed secular rules.
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced that women working in state institutions, no longer banned from wearing the hijab.
Lifting of ban on headscarves in state institutions apply to civil servants only. Judges, prosecutors, police and members of the armed forces are excluded from the revocation of this time.
"This is a historic moment, an important step," said Prime Minister Erdogan, Monday, September 30.
But those who oppose the prime minister saw this move as an attempt to reverse the secular rules and the values of Islam.
Ban on headscarves in state institutions is considered as one of the rules is very sensitive in the community, especially for supporters of the secular constitution and those who support the rights of Islam.
Announcement of the lifting of the ban headscarves Erdogan delivered as part of a package of human rights reforms that included concessions to the Kurds in Turkey.
End the conflict
In this reform package, Kurdish minorities will be allowed to use the Kurdish language in private educational institutions.
Other minority languages will also be allowed to be taught in private schools.
Long-awaited reforms to improve the rights of Kurds, which accounted for 20% of the entire population of Turkey.
Reform is considered as an important part of efforts to end the three-decade conflict between the government and Kurdish rebels.
Kurdish rebel group has recently delayed withdrawal of Turkish troops since the government has failed to make political concessions to the Kurds.
Whereas before the rebels have made a deal with the government to withdraw troops from the territory of Turkey.
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