Hijab

Kavakci was a Turkish politician. On April 18, 1999 she was elected as a Virtue Party deputy (a person appointed to represent or act on behalf of others (Google Def). On May 2nd she went to the parliament to take an oath, just like any other politician must do, but sadly she was refused the right. When she walked into the parliament conference room that day, she was wearing her headscarf. The film showed footage of these and to be completely honest, I didn’t even notice the headscarf, this was probably because she was wearing it the whole time while running for the position, and I think I just got used to seeing it on her. It was the next part of the film that I was completely surprised by, soon after she walked in the room and sat down the Prime Minister raised his hand and pointed right in her direction, and screamed, “Put this woman in her place!” Then the other members in the room stood up and started clapping while yelling at her to get out of the building.
Kavakci paid a price for breaking the law. Soon after, things started to get real bad for her and her family. The media started terrorizing her by spreading hatred news all over the country. Her family was harassed. Even her two young daughters were bullied by other classmates. The worst was yet to come, 11 days after the incidence in parliament, her citizenship was provoked. Her and her family was forced to seek political asylum to another country.