When I was a kid my mom had a dark blue glass nazar — a charm protecting against the "evil eye" — hanging in our kitchen. She got it on a trip to Turkey sometime before I was born. I remember asking ...

The amulets now go way beyond high school backpack charms or something for Coachella. By Elaine Smith “From the disease of conceit/Give ya delusions of grandeur/And a evil eye...” — Bob Dylan, ...

..it's in the historical region of Cappadocia! With hanging blue amulets and nazar trinkets for fruits, the tree is said to ward off harm. There's more on the Turkish evil banisher, says Ismat Tahseen ...

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