Education
Azerbaijan's school hijab ban draws protests and Turkish criticism
October 13, 2026 at 01:59 PM · Updated 3d ago
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AJAl Jazeera Arabic
دفاتر على الأرصفة.. هكذا واجهت طالبات ومعلمات أذربيجان منعهن من دخول المدارس
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SNSky News Arabia
الحجاب يفجر أزمة في أذربيجان.. 37 موقوفا واحتجاجات بالمدارس
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AJAl Jazeera Arabic
كيف أعادت أزمة الزي المدرسي في أذربيجان جراح الحجاب إلى تركيا؟
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يواليوم السابع
احتجاجات فى أذربيجان بعد قرار حظر الحجاب داخل المؤسسات التعليمية
(opens the publisher’s site)Azerbaijan's school dress rules, applied to bar religious wear, have blocked hijab-wearing students and teachers and drawn protests and criticism from Turkey.
- Azerbaijan's Cabinet adopted decision 309 on Sept 21 barring dress that breaches public education's secularism, and added rules on teacher clothing Oct 6.
- The interior ministry arrested 37 people on Oct 12 over public order violations linked to the uniform dispute.
- Turkish politicians, including former minister Fatma Sahin and Saadet Party leader Mahmut Arican, called on Baku to reverse the restrictions.
- A protest outside the Azerbaijani consulate in Istanbul on Oct 3 demanded immediate withdrawal of the hijab restrictions.
- Azerbaijani authorities opened a criminal investigation under Article 233 of the penal code over public-order offenses linked to the hijab dispute.
- Students and teachers barred from school buildings for wearing hijabs continued lessons outdoors on school grounds.
- Student protests erupted in Baku under the hashtag 'hijab freedom' over denied education rights.
- Azerbaijani artist Roza Ibadova apologized to the younger generation, criticizing officials and the education council.