Nazar amulet 🧿

‘for thousands of years the eye has maintained its steady hold on the human imagination’

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A nazar amulet believed to protect against the evil eye, especially in Turkish culture. It’s still a tradition there to bring a nazar amulet to newborn children. Ubiquitous in its use, the striking image of the cobalt-blue eye has appeared not only in the bazaars of Istanbul, but everywhere from the sides of planes to the pages of comic books.

In the last decade, evil eye imagery has most frequently appeared in the world of fashion. Kim Kardashian has been photographed on numerous occasions sporting bracelets and headpieces featuring the symbol, while fashion model Gigi Hadid jumped on the trend in late 2017, announcing that she would be launching the Eye shoe line.

“The earliest version of eye amulets goes back to 3,300 BC,” Dr Nese Yildiran, an art history professor at Istanbul’s Bahçeşehir University, tells BBC Culture.

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Bye nazar amulet