Download or read book Democracy, Modernization and the Veil written by Sarah Fischer and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The headscarf, which over 60 percent of Turkish women wear in some form, has caused uproars in Turkish politics since the 1980s. Political scientists and political commentators alike have labeled the headscarf and the women who wear it a sign of an impending Islamist theocracy, proof of the end of Turkish secularism, and embodiments of the inherent patriarchy of Turkish society.