ANKARA - The law regarding the recently approved constitutional amendments aiming to lift headscarf ban in universities will be sent to the Cankaya Presidential Palace on Tuesday.
According to officials, the Law No. 5735, which was approved by Turkish lawmakers in the second round of voting on Saturday, was submitted to Turkish Parliament Speaker Koksal Toptan for signature.
However, Toptan could not complete examining the law due to his busy schedule, and therefore, the law would be sent to Cankaya Palace on Tuesday, sources said.
The law envisages amendments in Articles 10 (equality) and 42 (right to education) of the Constitution.
The first amendment (to article 10 of the Constitution) will insert the statement "...and in benefitting from all public services" in the last sentence of the article 10 of the Constitution "equality before the law."
Under this amendment, last sentence of article 10 says "state organs and administrative authorities shall act in compliance with the principle of equality before the law in all their proceedings and in benefitting from all public services."
The second amendment (on article 42 of the Constitution on "Right and Duty of Training and Education") adds the paragraph "no one can be deprived of his/her right to higher education for reasons not openly mentioned by laws. The limits of the use of this right will be determined by law."