Turkey has reassigned nearly 100 prosecutors and judges as well as 470 police officers in its latest purge effort as the parliament began a debate on controversial government legislation to rein in the judiciary.
Turkey has lifted a ban on women wearing the Islamic headscarf in state institutions, ending a decades-old restriction which caused many Muslim girls lose the chance for studying.
Turkey's parliament has extended for one year a mandate that would allow Ankara to send troops to Syria if necessary.