Turkey ditches religion from IDs as it eyes EU membership
Turks will no longer be required to display their religion on national identification cards as part of the country’s attempts to enter the European Union.
However, the religion will still be registered on the chip on the card.
They will also no longer be coloured blue or pink to denote gender.
Turkey originally passed the law to introduce the new ID card in January as part of its accession requirements toward becoming a European Union member state.
About 98 percent of Turks are listed as Muslim, an identity officially assigned at birth.
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100 percent I agree, to prevent the act of discrimination.