Azerbaijan's hijab ban sparks outrage in Turkey as women recall past restrictions

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The exclusion of headscarf-wearing students and teachers from Azerbaijani schools has stirred a wave of solidarity in Turkey Azerbaijan's restrictions on Islamic headscarves in schools have sparked this week a wave of condemnation in neighbouring Turkey, where scenes of girls being turned away from classrooms have revived painful memories of the country's own history of hijab bans. Many Turkish social media users recalled their own experiences of discrimination during decades of restrictions on