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The Turkish government's lifting of the ban on head scarves in government offices, including teaching positions (news article, Oct. 9), is a welcome and long-awaited change for millions of Islamic women in this Muslim country and an important remedy for Turkey's overly aggressive control of religion in the name of secularism.
Contrary to the opposition and the fears of some (letter, Oct. 14), Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan is not Islamifying the country. Yes, he is an Islamic man, but in his 11 years of leading the ruling AK party, alcohol flows freely in secular neighborhoods; Sunday (not Friday) remains a day off from work; and women can freely decide whether they wish to wear Islamic dress.
Finally and happily, the denial of civil rights and individual choice to Turkey's many millions of head-scarved women may soon be coming to an end.
RICHARD PERES
Fredericksburg, Va., Oct. 14, 2013
The writer is the author of "Headscarf: The Day Turkey Stood Still."
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