CLERICAL DRESS BAN.
TURKEY AND RELIGION.
SWEEPING CHANGES.
ISTANBUL, June 8. From June 13 onwards no priest, monk, nun or minister of any religion will be allowed to wear clerical dress except when officiating in recognised places of worship. The prohibition, it is now learned, is even applicable to Carmelites, although tliev have no contact with the outer world. Regarding the future dress of clergymen and nuns, the principle is that no external sign shall mark a distinction from the ordinary man or woman. The nuns engaged in the teaching profession will, it is stated, have to wear their hair uncovered in the classes. The Vatican lias decided to comply with the law. There will be no mass Catholic exodus; priests, monks and nuns have been left to decide for themselves whether or not they will adapt themselves to the new state of things and to stay in Turkey. The closing of various religious schools, and the subsequent emigration of the relative religious staffs is, therefore, not a result of the present law. It has been caused by another law passed several years ago, compelling Turkish citizens to send their children''for their primary education to Turkish schools exclusively.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXVI, Issue 164, 13 July 1935, Page 17
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