More alarming news on developments in Turkey — a topic not getting nearly enough attention. This from the Financial Times:

Gunman kills Turkish judge in court attack
One of Turkey’s most senior judges was killed on Wednesday and four others were injured after a gunman shouting religious slogans burst into a court building in an attack that officials linked to a recent judicial decision on the wearing of the Muslim headscarf.Mustafa Ozbilgin, aged 64 and a member of the Danistay or council of state, was shot in the head by the gunman, who shouted “God is great” and “I am a soldier of Allah” after he stormed into a judges’ meeting at the court building in central Ankara at about 10am. Mr Ozbilgin died a few hours later.The attack, and its apparent political and religious overtones, shocked the political, judicial and military establishments and brought swift condemnation. But opposition leaders accused the government, which has roots in political Islam, of fuelling intimidation against judges with whose decisions on religious issues it disagreed.It emerged after the shooting that judges on the council of state had requested greater protection in recent weeks because of threats to their safety relating to decisions they had taken on the headscarf and other sensitive religious and political issues.Local media reported that the suspect, who was under interrogation Wednesday night and may have links with radical Islamist groups in Turkey, confessed to police that he was motivated to attack the judges by the court’s ruling, issued in February, that a teacher who wore the headscarf should not be promoted.Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the prime minister, was among those who objected to that decision. His ruling Justice and Development party (AKP), which has its origins in political Islam, is campaigning for restrictions on the garment to be eased. Photographs of the judges who supported the ruling, including Mr Ozbilgin, were later published in Turkey’s Islamist press.