Bahceli: The MHP doesn't expect to score political points from resolving the headscarf issue

Speaking at his party's group meeting, opposition Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) leader Devlet Bahceli yesterday said that the Board of Higher Education (YOK) Law must be amended to prevent women wearing burkas and chadors, as opposed to headscarves, from entering universities. Saying that his party does not expect to benefit politically from resolving the headscarf issue, Bahceli added, "We feel spiritual joy that one of our country's deep-rooted problems has been resolved." Underlining that headscarves should not be considered a threat to the state or its regime, Bahceli warned that refusing to comply with the Constitution and the law would drag the country into chaos and conflict.