Erdogan, čija supruga i kćerka pokrivaju glavu, obećao je da će tu zabranu ukinuti pred parlamentarne izbore u Turskoj 2002. godine, na kojima je AKP došla na vlast.
Erdogan, whose wife and daughters wear the head cover, promised to lift the ban ahead of Turkey's 2002 parliamentary elections in which the AKP first came to power.