This is the family photo of the first ladies at G-20 Summit in Pittsburgh. The only first lady with a headscarf was Emine Erdogan, the wife of Turkish PM Tayyip Erdogan.
I won't talk about how the popular evolution in Turkey have happened, wiping off the modern, secular women values for sake of a medieval mentality, as it had been experienced in Iran with a popular revolution.
Not politics, but aesthetics is what concerns me most here. Beyond the troubled waters of objectivity, this shabby attire doesn't represent anything about Turkish or Islamic culture. It is just kitsch without any character.
Isn't Indonesian First Lady Muslim enough for not covering her hair? Why these Islamists copy either the Saudi or the Iranian conservative life style and their postmodern attire which was inspired by no one but Christian nuns?
Maybe because they don't have a root in their own culture...
Shortly, I would argue that the problem is not about Erdogan's wife. The problem is about the tastelessness of almost all Islamists in Turkey and the reason is the foreign substance of their perverse interpretation of the religion...
PS: According to the Quran, the headscarf is not an obligation. The Quran only suggests that the women should cover their 'precious ornaments'. As some perverts can only think about sex, they defend that this verse refers to women breasts. Like all normal people, I believe that this verse doesn't have any figurative meaning. During the time of Prophet Mohammed, many Arab women were showing off their jeweleries. It was one of the worst trends of the time, damaging the social cohesion.
