Army lifted a ban on women wearing headscarves in Turkey. The BBC said in a report Wednesday.

Turkish army for a long time was viewed as the country's secular constitution holder.Kemal Ataturk, founder of modern Turkey's constitutionally banned the hijab in public institutions. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan over the past decade, however, the ban was lifted. School, University, but the ban on the hijab from public institutions, the army, so it was in force. The ban arose from the regular army officers, non-commissioned officers and cadets to wear the hijab under their hat.