No more red lipstick and nail polish for Turkish Airline hostesses - creeping Islamic Influence?

Is the new president of Turkey whose wife wears a headscarf changing the outlook of the country to look more Islamic? these are some of the question going through the minds of some resident, as Airline hostesses of the nation's carrier, Turkish Airline and Europe's fourth-biggest carrier have been banned from wearing red lipstick and nail polish.

Turkish Airline, said the ban was aimed at keeping crews 'artless and well-groomed with makeup in pastel tone' because a natural look improved communication with passenger.

But critics say it reflects the creeping influence of the government's Islamic values.

The new rule will be imposed just one year after the airline lifted its ban on headscarves among its staff.

The new guideline is totally down to Turkish Airline management's desire to shape the company to fit its own political and ideological stance, Atilay Aycin, the president of Turkish Airlines' worker's union, said.

'No one can deny has Turkey that become a more conservative, religious country.'
Turkey is 99 per cent Muslim, but the NATO state and European Union candidate has a secular constitution.

Well, the constitution is bound to change soon too ..... lets watch and see.