1.   Head scarves are banned in schools and public offices.

2.   Secularism is strictly enforced in Turkey, where Islamic head scarves are banned in schools and public offices.

3.   Several Muslim and opposition leaders have criticized the government for banning the scarves in public schools.

4.   Scarves are banned in public offices and schools in Turkey and civil servants are forbidden to wear them.

5.   The Akit newspaper published the telephone and fax numbers of two other university presidents in Ankara who still ban head scarves on ID photos for registration.

6.   Two Muslim men whose daughters were suspended from school for wearing Islamic headscarves said they will take the Singapore government to court for banning the scarves in public schools.