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Gulay Samanci, one of four ruling Justice and Development Party lawmakers wearing headscarves, who walked into Turkey’s parliament, is surrounded by other lawmakers in Ankara, Turkey, on Thursday, Oct 31, 2013, marking the end of a longstanding ban in the chamber. The female members of parliament had announced their intentions after restrictions that were imposed in the early days of the Turkish Republic were recently lifted. The issue is highly charged in a country founded in 1923 under strict secular principles.(AP Photo)