Nazar

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Traditionally, the nazara is a handmade glass ornament representing stylized concentric circles or drops in dark blue, white, light blue and black, sometimes with yellow or gold on the edge. The talisman is associated with Tengresm and is an inheritance from the Ottoman Empire. A common amulet or ornament is in Turkey, but also in countries such as Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Greece, Cyprus, Syria, Lebanon, Egypt, Armenia, Iran, Afghanistan, Iraq and Azerbaijan, where it is found hung in homes, offices, cars, on children's clothes or as part of jewelry and decorative ornaments. Nazarenes are also popular as souvenirs for tourists, for example in the form of key chains, medallions, wind chimes and others.

Other uses

Used as a CryEngine 3 logo for the Turkish video game company Crytek.

The Nazarene was also selected as a logo of the 2013 World Cup for Young People, hosted by Turkey.

The Nazarene was added to Unicode as U+1F9FF (nazar amulet) in 2018.

Sources

Turkey's Culture
Superstitions