I don´t think it´s the way women dress that provokes men into sexual offence. I´d put the blame on the penal system. While some say it´s the burkas and niquabs that account for low rate of rape in Muslim countries compared to awfuly high rate in the west, I think it´s the possible punishment that puts men off. Also, if you´re living in the culture that puts the blame on women, you´re not likely to report rape if it happens to you.

 Very very important to note that.  The only way rape statistics can be calculated is by the number of REPORTED rapes.

In a culture that does not recognise rape within marriage as an offence, and punishes married women for ADULTERY if they are raped by anyone other than their husband, then I dont think women are likely to report such things eh?

i couldn´t agree more but then again - i know even here in estonia many women would like to wear smth like that hijab thing etc, especially when this "natural mating season" (spring and summer time) starts again 

 Who said that!? In my opinions the one who do like that is not a good man. The woman should decide what ever she want, it´s her choice and it´s her life.

Hijab. Could anyone please define this word?

It is only since my activity on the internet that I have learnt that abroad the word hijab literally means headscarf.

According to my upbringing, hijab is not a veil or headscarf. It is a dress code for those of the fairer sex. It is to dress neatly and modestly by not drawing attention to the feminine charms...or whatever you wish to call it...lol

In my opinion a female in hjab is a woman dressed modestly, wearing a headscarf. To others, it may exclude a headscarf. My point is that the headscarf itself is not "hijab".

Bırakın da millet istediğini giysin. İsteyen türban taksın, isteyen Hazreti Ali´nin kılıcını. İsteyen mini etek giysin, isteyen siyah çarşaf. Her görüşe saygılıyım. Her koyun kendi bacağından asılır.

Bázıları türbanın emir olduğuna inanıyorsa, onlara saygı duyarım. Hayır, böyle bir şey yok diyenin de yine kendi düşüncesidir. Kimse kimseyi türban takmaya ya da takmamaya zorlamamalı.

Is hijab same with türban ?

 Yes and it´s "başörtüsü" too

Not to confuse anyone, but there is a difference between türban and başörtüsü. Even though a türban is a form of başörtüsü, not every başörtüsü is a türban The başörtüsü is in the group of headcovering worn by elderly women and women in the countryside (or those who have migrated to the cities) most oftenly bound around the neck on the front or in the back, türban is one brightly coloured with motives and big flowers, usually made of some silky-kind of fabric and put on in a different way than the ´regular´ başörtüleri,  mostly worn by the ´new generation´ in the cities. I am aware of the generalization I made, but from a political point of view the difference between those kinds of headcovering have played a big role in turkey´s political history of ban on ´headscarves´ in universities. Eventhough never put in a law, universities used to make a difference between which type of headscarves were allowed and which were not (ironically, in the 80s, the ´türban´ model was seen as more ´modern´ than the other ones and therefore was allowed, nowadays the ´türban´ is seen as a (modern?) version of backwardness and therefore more disliked by ´secularists´ than the traditional headscarf, in any case, both are banned).

Turkish-Teacher, I do not understand your reply. Do you mind translating into English? ^^;

 If he didnt write it in english means that his post is only for turkish. Or for those who know turkish well. i consider it  not important.