This paper examines the programme at Akademistanbul, an alternative establishment of higher learning in Istanbul, and the particular niche it caters for in the Turkish educational system. Its students are all female, and they all wear the headscarf. As such, Akademistanbul is one of the institutions of higher learning that has been welcoming to hijabi women even in a period of headscarf ban in universities. Akademistanbul offers programmes in Islamic studies, Arabic and Psychology and its trajectory reveals the interesting shift in what routes girls who have been barred from going to secular universities may follow for higher learning. My paper will look at the curriculum of the academy and include interviews with the students and staff to ...
This dissertation is a comparative analysis of the trajectory of the relations between state, societ...
The attire of women, in particular the style of donning of the headscarves to cover the head, neck a...
Allowing female students to enter universities in headscarves has long been a major goal of all Isla...
This article is based on a monographic field study, which was conducted in October 2007. In addition...
This article is based on a monographic field study, which was conducted in October 2007. In addition...
The headscarf issue is a long-standing issue inside the secular Republic of Turkey. It has started i...
The intersection of religion and politics has always been a volatile subject in Turkey. From the fir...
The Justice and Development Party of Turkey passed two constitutional amendments in 2008, in order t...
Although the secularization process has been carried out tremendously in modern Turkey since the est...
Turkey has implemented a ban on the use of the Hijab, or the headscarf, in state-controlled areas li...
This diploma thesis deals with the veiling issue in Turkey. The first theoretical part is trying to ...
Turkey's Imam Hatip schools, which offer a combination of Islamic and secular subjects, operate in a...
Girls' education and women's enlightenment have been key elements of the Kemalist Republic (1923), w...
This article discusses the changes in basic education in Turkey, with a particular focus on religiou...
This dissertation is a comparative analysis of the trajectory of the relations between state, societ...
This dissertation is a comparative analysis of the trajectory of the relations between state, societ...
The attire of women, in particular the style of donning of the headscarves to cover the head, neck a...
Allowing female students to enter universities in headscarves has long been a major goal of all Isla...
This article is based on a monographic field study, which was conducted in October 2007. In addition...
This article is based on a monographic field study, which was conducted in October 2007. In addition...
The headscarf issue is a long-standing issue inside the secular Republic of Turkey. It has started i...
The intersection of religion and politics has always been a volatile subject in Turkey. From the fir...
The Justice and Development Party of Turkey passed two constitutional amendments in 2008, in order t...
Although the secularization process has been carried out tremendously in modern Turkey since the est...
Turkey has implemented a ban on the use of the Hijab, or the headscarf, in state-controlled areas li...
This diploma thesis deals with the veiling issue in Turkey. The first theoretical part is trying to ...
Turkey's Imam Hatip schools, which offer a combination of Islamic and secular subjects, operate in a...
Girls' education and women's enlightenment have been key elements of the Kemalist Republic (1923), w...
This article discusses the changes in basic education in Turkey, with a particular focus on religiou...
This dissertation is a comparative analysis of the trajectory of the relations between state, societ...
This dissertation is a comparative analysis of the trajectory of the relations between state, societ...
The attire of women, in particular the style of donning of the headscarves to cover the head, neck a...
Allowing female students to enter universities in headscarves has long been a major goal of all Isla...