Under the entrance arch you see the "Eye of Nazar," the blue circle with white and orange inside, the eye. In Turkey, wherever you look, you'll meet plenty of eyes looking at you. It is common in the Turkish culture to give a gift of a " Nazar Bonjouk " or " Evil Eye " as it is more widely known. People hang a small evil eye amulet from the rear view mirror of their car, keep several small evil eye beads or charms on hand to give to guests, hang an evil eye near their door in the home or office. Evil eyes are worn, in the form of jewelry; evil eye bracelets, evil eye necklaces, evil eye anklets, gold or silver evil eye charms and pendants, blue evil eye decorative talismans, evil eye earrings - rings and plenty of evil eye ethnic jewelry sets. Here it is a real evil eye bead paradise.
Austin with the Trojan Horse.
Isik and Sam.
Traditional entertainers
Part of the replica of a city.
Musicians entertaining the crowds.
Making our way through the crowds.
I'm not sure what Sam is doing here...
This was fun. There was a large circle and music playing, drums beating, and people dancing.
More dancing
Walking through the bazar.
City of Istanbul tourism
More bazar. Look at the rugs. These craftsman are truly amazing!
Isik and Gurhan. Isik grew up with Gurhan and hadn't seen him for years. This was a happy reunion and neither one of them knew the other was going to be there. It was great to finally meet Gurhan!
My boys. Austin was not a happy person all day. At least he didn't complain, he just walked around with this scowl on his face.
City of Istanbul replica
Isik, Efser (Isik's cousin), and Ziya (Isik's brother). This was another reunion. Isik and Efser hadn't seen each other in 12 years, since the last time Isik visited Turkey. Efser now lives in Huntington Beach. 12 years ago when Isik was in Turkey, he gave Efser his watch and told him that the next time they meet in California Efser can give it back to him. Sure enough, Efser brought that watch. Efser is a great guy and has such a huge heart! I'm so happy to have met him finally! Isik was so happy to have seen him again!
Under the entrance arch you see the "Eye of Nazar," the blue circle with white and orange inside, the eye. In Turkey, wherever you look, you'll meet plenty of eyes looking at you. It is common in the Turkish culture to give a gift of a " Nazar Bonjouk " or " Evil Eye " as it is more widely known. People hang a small evil eye amulet from the rear view mirror of their car, keep several small evil eye beads or charms on hand to give to guests, hang an evil eye near their door in the home or office. Evil eyes are worn, in the form of jewelry; evil eye bracelets, evil eye necklaces, evil eye anklets, gold or silver evil eye charms and pendants, blue evil eye decorative talismans, evil eye earrings - rings and plenty of evil eye ethnic jewelry sets. Here it is a real evil eye bead paradise.
Austin with the Trojan Horse.
Isik and Sam.
Traditional entertainers
Part of the replica of a city.
Musicians entertaining the crowds.
Making our way through the crowds.
I'm not sure what Sam is doing here...
This was fun. There was a large circle and music playing, drums beating, and people dancing. 
More dancing
Walking through the bazar.
City of Istanbul tourism
More bazar. Look at the rugs. These craftsman are truly amazing!
Isik and Gurhan. Isik grew up with Gurhan and hadn't seen him for years. This was a happy reunion and neither one of them knew the other was going to be there. It was great to finally meet Gurhan!
My boys. Austin was not a happy person all day. At least he didn't complain, he just walked around with this scowl on his face.
City of Istanbul replica
Isik, Efser (Isik's cousin), and Ziya (Isik's brother). This was another reunion. Isik and Efser hadn't seen each other in 12 years, since the last time Isik visited Turkey. Efser now lives in Huntington Beach. 12 years ago when Isik was in Turkey, he gave Efser his watch and told him that the next time they meet in California Efser can give it back to him. Sure enough, Efser brought that watch. Efser is a great guy and has such a huge heart! I'm so happy to have met him finally! Isik was so happy to have seen him again! 
2 comments:
How stinking cool! What an amazing experience for you and the kids....
boy, you sure can't tell that Ziya and Isik are brothers, huh?
I'm sure if his cousin shares Isik's blood, he does have a huge heart. Those Turkish guys...
It was really cool. I wish we could have spent more time there! I love the Turkish guys :)
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