Zabrana nošenja muslimanskog hidžaba u javnim institucijama i školama prvobitno je uvedena nakon vojnog udara u Turskoj 1980. godine, i bila je krajem 1990-tih striktno provođena na univerzitetima.
The ban on wearing the Muslim headscarf in public institutions and schools was first imposed after the 1980 military coup in Turkey, and was strictly enforced in universities in the late 1990s.