01 May 2013

Turkish Airlines starts implementing Sharia law

Lipstick ban is latest in string of conservative measures adopted by airline, which have sparked ire of fiercely secular Turks.

Turkish Airlines has banned air hostesses from wearing brightly-coloured lipsticks such as red or pink, a move which has sparked fierce debate as the government is accused of trying to Islamise the country, local media reported Wednesday.

Numerous women posted pictures of themselves wearing bright red lipstick on social media websites to protest at the measure, part of a new aesthetics code for stewardesses working for Turkey's main airline. [Middle East Online] Read more