Headscarf Fetishism

There is something wrong with "AKP's turban" (not the traditional Turkish headscarf) and it is not about the religion.

I feel that I am honest enough to admit that there should be a limit for all rights, if we don't want to sacrifice the equality for sake of the freedom. This is the pre-requisite of a democratic state, which has to be secular as well.

I accept myself as a liberal person. For instance: I don't use drugs, but I support their legalisation. My religious evaluation suggests that God has created people with their own free will. If He didn't restrict us, why should we restrict each other?

Hence, I am consistent about headscarves, too. I believe that this is not an order from God, but if anyone believes so, let them wear anything they want. But there are two important points, which are also valid for the drug issue: 1) You should be an adult to fulfil your right and you can't advertise it to the children. 2) You can't force other people to live like you do and you must be completely neutral if you hold a public office.

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There are many, many proofs that the headscarf is not about the religious belief. Now it is clearly a political symbol. Only a political one...

Check these photos:

A political symbol that you can raise supporters even from their childhood, thanks to their stupid parents. Targeting children, apart from its reasoning (whether political or religious), is just sick.

You can give a passionate kiss publicly to someone that you are not married (definitely a sin, according to Quran), but you can't show anyone your hair because it's not religious (no mention in Quran).

You can even drink alcohol (definitely a sin, according to Quran), but don't let anyone to tell anything critical about your headscarf.

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Turkey is a democratic country with a very delicate balance. And we're losing this balance because of the political agenda of the government and the blind support from the West.

I can understand Americans or Europeans who passionately support the right of Turkish women to cover their heads in any public office.

But I will check if they will still do it after their very own states would face the threat of a possible theocracy, after more and more women with headscarves appear around them. Here in Turkey, we have been facing it for decades.

Defending the right of belief or the right of free speech is something else. I also support these principles, but I am not a hypocrite to change my opinions according to the demographics of my country.