#Hijab protest

Turkish Cypriot teachers’ legal challenge to have the north’s ruling coalition’s decision to legalise the wearing of hijabs at public schools declared unlawful was on Thursday suspended indefinitely ...

Teachers were locked out of a school in the north on Friday as relations between them and the north’s ruling coalition continue to sour over the ruling coalition’s ...

Turkish Cypriot teachers were in court on Thursday for the latest hearing of their challenge to have the north’s ruling coalition’s decision to legalise the wearing of hijabs ...

Teachers at Trikomo’s Bekirpasha high school went on strike on Friday over “pressure” being put on them by the north’s ‘education ministry’ in the midst of the “headscarf ...

The headscarf controversy in Turkish Cypriot schools after a regulation governing school dress was changed to authorise schoolgirls to cover their heads raises human rights issues the European Court of ...

Last week’s biggest news was the protest by thousands of Turkish Cypriots (around 13,000) against the re-legalisation of hijab in schools. If you live in the Republic, though, you’d ...

Fires will be lit outside the north’s ‘parliament’ building every weekday evening from Monday until April 28 in protest at the north’s ruling coalition’s decision to legalise the ...

The north’s ‘education minister’ Nazim Cavusoglu on Friday distanced himself from a counterprotest organised by ‘transport minister’ Erhan Arikli on Wednesday to show “respect to the motherland” in the ...

Greek Cypriot political parties Disy and Akel on Wednesday hailed the gathering of 13,000 Turkish Cypriots on Tuesday night to protest against the legalisation of hijabs in public schools in the ...