(FILES) This file photo taken on July 17, 2016 shows two young women in headscarves attending a pro-government demonstration outside the city hall in Istanbul. Turkey's army is lifting a historic ban on female officers wearing the Islamic headscarf in the officially secular country, the state-run Anadolu news agency said on February 22, 2017.The move, ordered by the defence ministry, applies to female officers working in the general staff and command headquarters and branches, it said. / AFP PHOTO / ARIS MESSINIS