2023-09-14 18:06:25
By Anne Andlauer
Published 1 hour ago, Updated 9 minutes ago
The Turkish President, Recep Tayyip Erdogan (here, August 21, in Ankara), has not yet said anything about France and the abaya. Neither him, nor any of his ministers or senior officials in his party. ADEM ALTAN/AFP
ANALYSIS – The subject offers two images that the Turkish press likes to use: that of the West denounced as Islamophobic, and that of young Muslim women ordered, in the name of secularism, to change their outfit to return to their classroom.
Istanbul
In Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s Turkey, the controversy over the abaya which shook up the French start of the school year did not escape the media, particularly the pro-government press. The subject offers two images that this press likes to use: that of the West (of France in particular) denounced as Islamophobic, and that of young Muslim women ordered, in the name of secularism, to change their outfit to return to their classroom .
The first performance is not unique to Turkey. The second evokes in this country memories of students who were forced to reveal themselves at the university gates.
In power for more than twenty years, Recep Tayyip Erdogan has lifted all the bans that the military and judges had imposed on the veil in the civil service and educational establishments. The Islamic headscarf is today authorized at university, middle schools and high schools. The abaya is not worn there but, depending on fashion and region, a variety of outfits covering…
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