ABSTRACT
This chapter describes the phenomenon which contributes to the creation and reproduction of secular spaces in both states. In effect in 2006, the Rossinot Report suggested that the responsibilities of public servants be extended to individuals doing temporary work for public services, such as jury members, voluntary workers or to private companies' employees sub-contracted by the public sector. The first legalization on dress code for civil servants in Turkey was put in place during the Republican period in the 1920s, as part of Mustapha Kemal's reforms. In 1981, the National Security Council followed by the Council of Higher Education (YOK) prohibited students from wearing headscarves in universities leading to large protests. The usage of the term 'social space' is noteworthy as it is has been used as a way to suggest that the neutrality requirement and laicite be extended to private businesses that were until then not affected by this requirement.
