Nazar boncuğu - Evil eye

What is Evil's Eye? How can we protect ourselves from them? And what are the Turkish phrases about it? 

Today we will learn about that cute small blue amulet. That is one of the common thıngs that you should take it to home if you visit Turkey. You can attach it to your clothes, hang on the wall or even use it as a key chain. But why? 

Welcome to Turkish Culture

You study Turkish very well. Maşallah to you. Now you need a "nazar boncuğu/protection amulet". Only it can protect you from the people that jealous at you. Because this amulet will remind the people to say Maşallah and they will send their bad energy away from you if they have any, and they will say;

nazar değmesin: may you be protected from the evil eye, may Allah protect you from the evil eye. 

Maşallah, nazar değmesin (inşallah): That's the goods, may you be be protected from the evil eye. 

Or if some people forget to say one of those, other people remind them by saying;

Maşallah de (de-we can add another de whıch means smthng like "and so") , nazar değmesin.: Say Maşallah so he/she can be protected from the evil eye.

We say maşallah to show we liked something or appreciated someone we saw and we do not have any jealousy or bad,evil wish inside. Our energy should not cause any trouble for them.

And so people buy "nazar boncuğu" to remind people to say "Maşallah", especially for new born babies or new bought stuff like car. You can see it over the doors of restaurants or other shops, too. It has such a nice story to talk about and give a brief information about Turkish Culture. This is why I wanted to write about this. Hope you enjoyed!