DSP's Sezer meets with Toptan, Erdoğan, Bahceli on headscarf issue

Democratic Leftist Party (DSP) leader Zeki Sezer yesterday met separately with Parliament Speaker Koksal Toptan, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan and nationalist Movement Party (MHP) leader Devlet Bahceli to discuss the headscarf issue. Speaking to reporters after meeting with Erdogan, Sezer said that he had expressed his party's concern over rising public tension and had urged the premier to halt his initiatives on the issue.