"Godine 2007, to pitanje bilo je osnovno pitanje kampanje, jer ako bi pobijedila AKP, [Abdullah] Gul bi bio predsjednik, i tako bi predsjednikova žena nosila hidžab," izjavila je ona za SETimes."U ovom izbornom ciklusu, hidžab je relativno malo obrađen."
"In 2007 the issue was at the forefront of the campaign because if the AKP won, [Abdullah] Gul would be president and thus, the president's wife would wear the headscarf," she told SETimes."This election cycle the headscarf has received relatively little coverage."