By SUSANNE GÜSTEN
ISTANBUL — When the auto writer Merve Sena Kilic shifted a Mini into gear for a recent test drive, she had little idea that she was fueling a remarkable shift in the head-scarf debate in Turkey.
Covering her hair with a patterned cream and brown scarf, Ms. Kilic steered the sporty Mini down winding forest roads outside Istanbul for a November episode of her television program, “A Passion for Cars,” while discussing its merits with her co-host Burcu Cetinkaya, a glamorous blonde who also happens to be a champion rally driver in Turkey.
The program on the private station Kanal 24 initially aired without causing a stir, but when a photo of the women and the car appeared last month in the society pages of the daily newspaper Hurriyet, Ms. Cetinkaya received a call from Borusan Holding, the company that distributes the Mini and BMW brands in Turkey.
via New Twists and Turns in Turkey’s Head-Scarf Debate – NYTimes.com.
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