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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.
In the Aegean Region and other areas where light-colored eyes are relatively rare, people with green eyes, and especially blue eyes, are thought to bestow the curse, intentionally or unintentionally. [36] Thus, in Greece and Turkey amulets against the evil eye take the form of eyes looking back at someone.
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". [27] In Henry Lindlahr's words in the early 20th century, "Blue-eyed Caucasian regiments today form the cream of the Sultan's army ...
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 ...
Detailed satellite images give a bird’s-eye view Turkish towns before and after the earthquakes hit, and of relief efforts. Skip to main content. Sign in. Mail. 24/7 Help. For premium support ...
Ara Güler (Armenian: Արա Կիւլէր; 16 August 1928 – 17 October 2018) was a Turkish photojournalist of Armenian descent, nicknamed "the Eye of Istanbul" or "the Photographer of Istanbul". [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] He was "one of Turkey's few internationally known photographers".
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 ...
The crescent and star flag was first adopted in 1844 during the Tanzimat period in the reign of Sultan Abdul Majid, and it was enacted as the national flag of the Republic of Turkey with the Turkish Flag Law No. 2994 on May 29, 1936, in the Republican period. On September 22, 1983, with the Turkish Flag Law No. 2893, the flag criteria were ...