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Turkish politics crossed a major threshold on Oct. 31 when four women lawmakers wearing the headscarf attended parliament’s general assembly. Nurcan Dalbudak, Gonul Sahkulubey, Sevde Beyazit and Gulay Sabanci — all members of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) — had decided to cover their heads while performing the hajj pilgrimage recently and announced that they would attend parliament with their hair covered thereafter.
The event may seem of little significance to the outside world unfamiliar with the scale of Turkey’s polarization, but it marks both the end of an era and the onset of fresh developments for Turkish politics.
