Turks and the headscarf
Headscarf wearing has decreased since 1999. In 1999 27.3 were not wearing a headscarf, in 2006, 36.5 are uncovered.
However, a widespread perception is that the use of the headscarf has increased. In 2006 25 percent said that there was a significant increase of women who covered. 39 percent said there was a small increase. 21.8 percent said there was no increase.
This perception was particularly strong among those who defined themselves as left-wing or secular.
Further reading
Binnaz Toprak/Ali Carkoglu, Religion, Society and Politics in Changing Turkey, November 2006 (English summary)
- Population, urbanization, female literacy in Turkey, 1935-2000
- Global Gender Gap Index 2006
- Population growth between 1990 and 2000
- Turkey's population
- Total female population
- Turkish households
- Marriages and Divorces in 2002
- Declining numbers of youth dependents
- Ratio of teachers and students
- Labor Force Statistics 2005
- Tensions between men and women
- Support for arranged marriages
- Turkey as a religious society
- Turks and secularism
- Turks and the headscarf
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