(Ahlul Bayt News Agency) - Members of non-governmental organizations have planned to hold a rally in the country's northwest on April 30 to voice their anger over the ban on hijab a local Turkish news agency reported Saturday.
The rally will be reportedly organized by the Mazlum Association in the province of Kocaeli, with the aim of pushing for complete freedom of Islamic hijab in Turkey.
Apart from people and cultural associations in Kocaeli, people from other Turkish cities including Istanbul will also participate in the rally.
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who has been in power for seven years, has failed to lift the ban on hijab.
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