Secular protesters, wearing black chadors, attend a demonstration against the government in Izmir February 2, 2008. Secular Turks rallied on Saturday against a plan by the government to allow women students to wear the Muslim headscarf in university, a move they say will usher in a stricter form of Islam in Turkey. Reuters Pictures logo Reuters Pictures 49 months ago

Secular protesters, wearing black chadors, attend a demonstration against the government in Izmir February 2, 2008. Secular Turks rallied on Saturday against a plan by the government to allow women students to wear the Muslim headscarf in university, a move they say will usher in a stricter form of Islam in Turkey.

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