Learn Turkish: Toplantı bitti, artık ruj sürmenize gerek yok. - The meeting is over, you don't need to wear lipstick anymore.

This uses the formula from our current lesson: verbal noun + possessive + dative case. We take the verb root sür, add the verbal noun ending -me, the formal or plural "your" possessive -niz, and the dative ending -e (meaning "to"). Literally, it translates as "To your applying, there is no need."

I thought sürmek meant "to drive". Why is it used for lipstick here?

Sürmek has a few different meanings. Besides "to drive," it also means "to rub," "to smear," or "to apply." In Turkish, you don't use the verb for wearing clothes (giymek) for makeup or creams. Instead, you "apply" them using sürmek.

Does artık always mean "anymore"?

Artık marks a turning point or a change in a situation. In negative contexts or sentences about things stopping (like having no need to do something anymore), it translates to "anymore" or "no longer." In positive sentences, it means "from now on."

Could I say sürmene gerek yok instead of sürmenize?

Yes! Sürmenize uses the formal or plural "your" (-niz), which makes sense here if the speaker is addressing a group of coworkers or being polite. If you are talking to a single close friend, you would use the informal "your" (-n) and say sürmene gerek yok.