Ankara - Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday called on the Constitutional Court to explain its verdict last week that annulled reforms that would allow women to wear Islamic-style headscarves at universities.

Speaking for the first time since the court ruled on Thursday that constitutional amendments moved by the Islamist-rooted Justice and Development Party (AKP) were against the secular status of the state, Erdogan said he would wait until the court explains the decision before making a detailed reply.

Erdogan warned that Turkey was being drawn into a conflict of authority because of the ruling and the way the staunchly secular opposition was dragging its fights with the government through the courts.

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