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Eye beads. The Turkish boncuk (sometimes called a göz boncuğu or eye bead) is a glass bead characterized by a blue glass field with a blue white and black dot superimposed on a white or yellow center. A design of great antiquity, the blue bead has gained importance as an item of popular culture in modern Turkey.
Maturin Murray Ballou described Circassians as being of the "fair and rosy-cheeked race", and "with a form of ravishing loveliness, large and lustrous eyes, and every belonging that might go to make up a Venus". [32] In Henry Lindlahr's words in the early 20th century, "Blue-eyed Caucasian regiments today form the cream of the Sultan's army ...
The belief of the evil eye is strong in Assyrians. A blue/turquoise bead with two, seven or nine small holes [69] resembling eyes around a necklace is often worn and is said to be protection from the evil eye. Some may also spit three times without saliva. It is said that people with green or blue eyes are more prone to the evil eye effect.
Solid-white Turkish Angoras carry the epistatic (masking) white colour (W) dominant gene associated with white fur, blue eyes, and often deafness. All-white cats of Turkish Van stock may share this gene. All three types of cat may exhibit eye colours that are amber, blue or odd. Deafness is principally associated with white cats having two blue ...
His delicate balancing act has given Turkey a unique position of being the only NATO nation whose ear Russia has. Turkey eyes recalibration with the West as Russia’s isolation grows Skip to main ...
Cisterna Basilica is located to the west of Hagia Sophia and is of a similar size. The square on the left of the map marks the location of the Cistern of Philoxenos.. The Basilica Cistern, or Cisterna Basilica (Greek: Βασιλική Κινστέρνα, Turkish: Yerebatan Sarnıcı or Yerebatan Sarayı, "Subterranean Cistern" or "Subterranean Palace"), is the largest of several hundred ...
Sharon Stone is sparking concern among fans after sporting a black eye in a new photo shared via Instagram. The Basic Instinct actress, who has been documenting her recent travels to Turkey and ...
Sharon Stone is proudly rocking quite the shiner. The 66-year-old actress strikes a fabulous pose in an open elevator while drawing attention to her massive black eye in a new post on social media.