Turkish Cypriots protest new rule permitting hijab in schools
The new ruling comes after an eighth-grade student was barred from entering a Nicosia school for wearing a hijab.
Protesters demonstrate against a new regulations allowing young women to wear hijabs in secondary school in the northern part of the Cypriot capital Nicosia, in the self-proclaimed Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC). May 2, 2025. (photo credit: Photo by BIROL BEBEK/AFP via Getty Images)Updated: 
