REACTIONS -- Turkey's top court annulled headscarf law

JUSTICE AND DEVELOPMENT PARTY (AKP)

-- Bekir Bozdag, deputy leader of the parliamentary group
"The Constitutional Court violated the constitution with this ruling. This decision opens the way of controlling every constitutional amendment that the parliament would want to make," Bekir Bozdag said in a televised statement."

-- Husrev Kutlu, Adiyaman MP
"The decision reveals the existence of judiciary oligarchy in Turkey"  �

REPUBLICAN PEOPLE'S PARTY (CHP)

--Kemal Anadol, deputy leader of the parliamentary group
"We respect the Constitutional Court's decision based on the opposition we submitted 99 days ago, but this is should not be read that we are in any way elated by the decision," said CHP's Group Deputy Chairman Kemal Anadol.

Anadol said that they were expecting such a decision to be handed down, adding the decision was in line with the basic philosophy of the Turkish Republic and revealed that both secularism and democracy are integral to each other.

NATIONALIST MOVEMENT PARTY (MHP)

--Faruk Bal, deputy chairman

"The party respects the court’s ruling, but does not agree with its decision."

DEMOCRATIC LEFT PARTY (DSP)

--Zeki Sezer, party chairman

“Turkey was involved in an unnecessary polarization with the discussions on headscarf ban, and I hope common sense will prevail from now on.”

ACADEMICS

--Prof. Nusret Aras, the rector of Ankara University

"There is nothing left to say after the court's decision. Nothing has changed for the universities regarding to the headscarf issue. This ruling means our former implementation would continue."