Nearly all the politicians in Turkey's governing party have boycotted a presidential reception marking the republic's 80th anniversary in a row over Islamic-style headscarves.
Members of the Justice and Development Party, which has its origins in a banned Islamist movement, were angry at President Ahmet Necdet Sezer's refusal to invite any headscarf-wearing wives of senior officials, including Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, to the event.
Headscarves - seen by the secular Turkish establishment as symbols of radical Islam - are banned in official ceremonies and in public buildings such as schools and courtrooms.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/3225901.stmNotice how none of our Afghan puppets wear headscarfs! But the Shriners hat is OK and acceptable.
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