Headscarf-wearing police on duty for first time

Headscarf-wearing police on duty for first time

ISTANBUL

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Female police officers wearing headscarves were on duty in Turkey for the first time during the Aug. 30 Victory Day celebrations, included one policewoman photographed in Istanbul’s Taksim.

Another headscarf-wearing officer was among the team guarding President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan during the official Victory Day ceremony in Ankara.

According to a new regulation published in the Official Gazette on Aug. 27, female police officers in Turkey are now able to wear a headscarf as part of their uniforms.
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