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Everyone is entitled to the freedom of thought, religion and consciousness. Exposing one’s religious belief is also protected within this scope. This right has an internal sphere as well as an external sphere that can be the subject of state violation. While exposing their religious beliefs, people can use religious symbols and wear religious clothes. However, for some purposes, states can restrict people’s use of religious symbols and clothes. These restrictions may also include discriminatory measures. With the increasing flow of migration to Europe, people have also brought together their religious practices, and thus their religious symbols and clothes. This had repercussions with regards to the education, work life, public spaces, security points, and even photos on the IDs, and thus sparked a discussion regarding these issues. The subject of this study is the ban on clothes covering faces, which is widely known as burqa ban in public opinion and becoming a law day by day in European countries. This study will approach to this process from a comparative perspective within the light of national and supranational court decisions and will discuss the legitimate means regarding the bans raised by the respective countries and will evaluate the discussions in the public opinion.