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Aliyev’s party tells AK Party to stop ‘harmful politics’ over headscarf row
Azerbaijan’s ruling New Azerbaijan Party hit back at Turkish presidential chief adviser Oktay Saral and AK Party lawmakers who criticized the treatment of headscarf-wearing students and teachers at Azerbaijani schools.
Azerbaijan’s ruling New Azerbaijan Party (YAP), chaired by President Ilham Aliyev, has responded sharply to Turkish politicians who criticized the treatment of headscarf-wearing students and teachers at the country’s schools. A statement released by the party’s press service on Oct. 13 targeted Turkish presidential chief adviser Oktay Saral and lawmakers from the ruling AK Party.
The involvement of “a person holding the status of chief adviser to the President of Türkiye and lawmakers of the ruling AK Party” in such a campaign made it necessary to take a clear position, the statement said, arguing that such remarks run counter to the spirit of Azerbaijani-Turkish brotherhood.
“In the Islamic world, no state has the right to impose its will on other Muslim peoples, interfere in their internal affairs or consider itself superior to others.” — New Azerbaijan Party
“Azerbaijan is also a secular state”
Calling the lawmakers’ remarks “populist and irresponsible,” YAP said Azerbaijan, like Türkiye, has a secular constitution and that turning its secular state structure and education policy into material for political manipulation is unacceptable. “We call on the AK Party government to refrain from this harmful politics,” the statement concluded.
Images from school gates
The dispute erupted after images spread showing headscarf-wearing students and teachers being kept from entering schools in Azerbaijan, with some students reportedly boycotting classes in solidarity. On Oct. 12, Saral said keeping headscarved girls out of education was unacceptable and urged Baku to reverse the practice.
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