
The headscarf controversy in Turkish Cypriot schools after a regulation governing school dress was changed to authorise schoolgirls to cover their heads raises human rights issues the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) addressed in a number of cases, even if the underlying issue in the “Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus TRNC” is political.
The cases before the ECtHR have been primarily from France, the country of La ïcit é