51.   He insisted that Fatima had chosen to wear the scarf and said he was not pressuring her.

52.   In a live television broadcast shortly after the incident, Demirel said wearing the scarf was an act of provocation by Kavakci.

53.   In predominantly Muslim but strictly secular Turkey it is illegal to wear head scarves at schools, universities and public offices.

54.   In Turkey, a predominantly Muslim but secular country, it is illegal to wear head scarves at schools and universities as well as in public offices.

55.   Islamic groups have been challenging the secular traditions by wearing head scarves at the universities despite a ban.

56.   Kavakci has said she was forced to abandon her medical studies in Ankara because of her insistence to wear her scarf.

57.   Many Muslim women wear the headscarves, but the government bans girls from wearing the scarves to public schools because they worry about religious and ethnic divisions.

58.   Many women in the affluent city-state wear tudung to work and there are no bans on women wearing scarves, even in schools.

59.   Little girls wearing head scarves waved and clapped.

60.   Many campuses have vowed to strictly enforce the ban and refuse to register students wearing scarves.