Thousands Rally against govt headscarf proposal

More than 100,000 demonstrators flocked to the mausoleum of Turkey's founder Mustafa Kemal Ataturk on Saturday to voice their opposition to a government proposal to end headscarf ban at universities. Similar demonstrations took place in provinces around the country. The meeting led by women's groups targeting the efforts of the government and opposition Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) to lift the ban turned into a huge pro-secularism rally in the capital with the participation of around 60 non-governmental organizations.