Nasrettin Hoca

Famous Turkish folk philosopher

Nasrreddin Hodja wrote all the jokes in daily life. In most of the events mentioned in the paragraphs, the teacher himself, his wife, child, neighbor, donkey and kadi pass. The occurrence of events is usually home, bazaar, market, mosque, street, village and courts. Nasreddin Hodja, in his anecdotes, has expressed his disruptions and contradictions around them with his own words and behaviors and a humorous content that is not offensive.

Abdullah Efendi, the father of Nasreddin Hodja, who was born in Hortu village of Sivrihisar in Eskişehir in 1209, was the imam of my village. After his father, he worked as an imam in the village and emigrated to the Aksehir district of Konya in 1236 and fell in love with the teachings of Seyyid Mahmud Hayrani.

Nasrreddin Hodja wrote all the jokes in daily life. In most of the events mentioned in the paragraphs, the teacher himself, his wife, child, neighbor, donkey and kadi pass. The occurrence of events is usually home, bazaar, market, mosque, street, village and courts. Nasreddin Hodja, in his anecdotes, has expressed his disruptions and contradictions around them with his own words and behaviors and a humorous content that is not offensive.

The jokes of Nasreddin Hodja are known not only in Anatolia but also by other Turkic societies, especially Azerbaijanis, Uzbeks, Kazakhs, Caucasus. Almost all of the paragraphs are translated into the languages of Eastern and Western countries and are used in the field of education and training.