Muslim countries in the world.
• İstanbul is the only city in the world that's built on two continents: Europe and Asia.
• Turkish culture has a strong belief about the "evil eye." It's thought that even well-intentioned compliments include a conscious or unconscious dose of envy. To protect against the evil eye, the Turkish people use a dark blue bead that has a turquoise eye shape in the middle. Some of the places you'll most commonly see the usage of evil eye beads, called nazar boncuğu, are on baby clothes, at the entrances of houses and offices and even as jewelry.
• When a loved one leaves for a journey, it is customary to pour a bucket of water behind the car or taxi he or she takes, in the hopes that the journey will be smooth and the loved one will reach the destination safely.
• The Trojan Wars took place in western Turkey, and a replica of the Trojan horse rests today in Çanakkale.
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