I think that the problem might be that the (nonsecular) east wants to rule the (secular) west and viceversa.
I think that a person has a right to wear whatever clothing they feel appropriate, assuming they aren't committing indecent exposure and they don't have giant spikes protruding from their clothing that could endanger others.
Can you clarify what individual rights you think exist on university campuses, and how these interact with your goal of keeping universities "religion-free"?
I agree universities should be "Religion free" there are two ways of achieving that, you don't care about religion, you allow all people form all religions fair and square, or second option, you ban people with "certain" religious beliefs from schools. Guess which one got applied in Turkey.
Is it the eastern part trying to impose its will on the western part or is it the eastern part trying to remove what western part imposed on them over decades?
Here are what I see people are claiming to be signs of AKP Islamizing Turkey: allowing women with headscarves attend universities, forbidding shops sell alcohol in late night hours (after 10PM).
In Ontario only government owned LCBO can sell liquor and its shops close at 6PM. The consumption of liquor in public places is forbidden completely in Canada. Surely Canada is not an Islamic state. Are we sure Turkey is a Muslim majority country?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drinking_in_public#Canada
He says he doesn't remember a source but he has heard it several times that over 70% wears headscarf. I found this article by Google:
http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/default.aspx?pageid=438&...