Your welcome Deli

have a good time inşallah

Not matter of men or women,i guess they don't give birthdays same attentions as other celebratations

So from here i don't think they have special age celebration too

But maybe a Türkler would correct me on that

i am trying to follow the news,but i couldn't know till now who are behinde it
İ cann't find anything of that matter on TV or even here on net

Anyone knows yet ?

lol Omg Lyndie

İ just have one hanging it in my house that is all
And i had one at my car mirror too

Deli,if you by any chance going to Türkiya soon,it would be nice to bring him or buy him Nazar boncu to hang it in his car
he would appreciate it really

lol İ go with you Lyndie all the way ,lol

My Türk friend,and we both are really close friend too,did same with me

He was showing me something,and i said ohh that is so great,i love it,looks great really,and i forgot to say Besm ALLAH Maşallah

A while later he asked me, didn't you forgot to say something,i got confused,so he told me that you didn't say Besm ALLAH Maşallah

Although we are really good friends,and he knows i won't look at him in bad way,but i guess,saying this excepress your care too

And always nice to have good Doa i guess

Not wierd,but i guess they would just think how did you knew them
İt is some kind of words that use in daily life,and it is more like a wish or doa atmek, so it would be appreciated by all means
Sure anywhere when you find someone who is praying for you ,you would appreciate it
İ am Muslim and i have a British friend He is Catholic when i had an examp,he lighten an Candle for me,i really appreciated this from him
And when he got important job,i pray for him too,and sometimes he ask me even to pray

So it is all appreciated in all countries and in all religions i think

Thinking to have

Makarna with little minced meat on it
Biftek
Salata
Juice,but not fresh,i don't have it now,,lol
Soup, but which one goes with makaroni ?any suggestions ?

Or is it hot enough and better skip the soup part ??

Nazar,not just a meaning to Turkish people,Nazar is meaning to all Muslims,
İt is simply close as you put it,it means this one 'which not good ofcourse' is enving the other for what they have
No matter what they have is ,money,health,kids...anything
But not just enving them,wishing he could have same,but he actually want them to lose what they have too

And nazar boncuğu is some sort of believe,or something that this blue eye,will back ward this bad look or Nazar,to the one who is enving or making this Nazar
Maybe not true,but it is kind of old believes

But ofcourse the right thing,or the true thing is to say
Maşallah or 'Besm ALLAH maşallah'that is what İslam asked us to say when having something good,or seeing something good,no matter if this thing belong to us or to others

As a wish or Doa etmek'prayer' that ALLAH will take care of it,so with ALLAH well,nothing would harm it,not even bad eye,or Nazar

So it is always better to say it first thing,even before saying congratulations over anything,it would be much appreciated from others too