Turkey's Main Opposition To Appeal To Constitutional Court

ANKARA - Turkey's main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) said it will appeal to the Constitutional Court to annul the constitutional amendments that would lift the ban on headscarf in Turkey's universities once they are published in the Official Gazette.
"Our preparations are under way. We will argue that the irrevocable article, the article 2, of the Constitution is wanted to be changed and we will refer to statements by Justice & Development (AK) Party officials and executives both inside and outside the parliament," said Kemal Kilicdaroglu, Deputy Chairman of CHP Parliamentary Group.
"We are experiencing a constitutional amendment brought by imposition, not by social consensus," Kilicdaroglu told the A.A.
"Our society will be drifted to an atmosphere of tension after this amendment," he added.
Kilicdaroglu argued that amendments approved by the Turkish Parliament on Saturday would not lift the ban on headscarf, unless another amendment on article 17 of the law on Higher Education Board is made.