Banning the Burqa?

[kılıç_mehmet]

For once in your life kilic...I agree with you. These are NOT freedom of expression...they are reasons for oppression in all the countries they are LAW in. To support this behaviour is to support the oppression and subjugation of women; to reduce men to that of a base farmer or less.

No... these things must cease to be....ANYWHERE!

Well, I really can't say that any lawful action must be taken against them though.
I only oppose the wearing of such clothing, or any type of religious clothing for people who work as civil servants. Civil servants must be dressed in a way to be completely neutral in all terms.
This is what secularism requires.

In cultural terms, I oppose the wearing of such arab clothes completely. Turkish women should be dressed in modern garments, although must also take heed of the minimum standards of modesty, in accordance with the vision of a strong, and well-educated Turkish woman that our founder had in mind.
However, how strong, or how well-educated can a woman, who wears things like the new types of arab-styled headcoverings be? They cannot even participate in sports with the types of headgear they strap on themselves, nowadays called "turbans" although they are nothing like the turbans worn by our ancestors back in the days.

In religious terms, I do understand that some women do want to be in accordance with their religion, but this has traditionally been implemented as a loose headcovering that did not disturb the women in their daily lives by Turks around the globe. Only the women in urban areas have worn the whole body covering called the "jilbab" or burka(a wrong term, this term is only used for the whole body coverings in Afghanistan), as they did not work, or were required to leave the house on a daily basis.