Turkey police allows headscraf

Istanbul: Turkey has for the first time allowed policewomen to wear the Islamic headscarf as part of their uniform, according to a ruling published in the official gazette on Saturday. Women serving in the police force “will be able to cover their heads” under their caps or berets so long as the headscarf is “the same colour as the uniform and without pattern”, said the ruling published in the official gazette. The ruling Islamic- rooted Justice and Development Party has long pressed for the removal of restrictions on women wearing the headscarf in the officially secular state.