NASREDDIN HODJA

WHO IS NASREDDIN HODJA?

He was born in the village of Hortu in Sivrihisar in 1208 and died in Akşehir in 1284. His tomb is in Akşehir.

He was first educated by his father Abdullah Effendi, who was the imam of the village he was born in. Then he studied at Sivrihisar and Konya Madrasahs (old Moslem schools). After he finished his education, he worked as an imam in his village in place of his father. Besides that he worked as an assistant cadi and a madrasah teacher, and learnt sufism from Seyyid Mohammed Hayrani

Nasreddin Hodja was a saint who devoted his life to showing people the right path, telling them what’s good, leading them to the truth, and advising them to avoid evil-doing. When he was doing this, he used a method of his own. He used to tell what was right; and in order to amend the corrupt sides of society, he used to explain the matter briefly making quite allusive jokes and using a language which the public could understand easily.

Each of his banters is like a proverb full of wisdom and morality. In this respect, it is obvious that some jokes that are dull and indecent, but are assumed to be Nasreddin Hodja’s jokes, do not in fact belong to him. It is clear that a person who was both a scholar and a saint did not tell such simple and ordinary jokes.

Researches demonstrate that Nasreddin Hodja is not a legendary figure, but a devout Moslem who lived in the Seljukian times in the 13th century.

HE WAS A MAN OF LAUGHHE WAS MAKING PEOPLE LAUGH AT THE SAME TIME THINK

LET’S LOOK AT ONE OF HIS JOKES Cauldron gave birth

One day,Hodja came to his neighbour and wants a cauldron

Next day,he comes with a cauldron with a small one in it…

His neighbour becomes very happy to see it.

One week later he wants the cauldron agaın…

Few weeks later his neighbour comes to hodja and wants his cauldron…

But he says your cauldron died… But his neighbour doesn’t believe.. And Hodja says that you are believing to

cauldron’s giving birth but you aren’t believing its death

He was a big philosopher and his tomb is in Akşehir.

Every year we are organising a Nasreddin Hodja think-laugh festival …

İn Gülmece Park u can see his statues of jokes.

He rides his donkey turning back…beacuse he doesn’t want to turn back people he believes that it ıs rudeness

EVERY YEAR WE GO AKŞEHİR LAKE AND PUT YOGHURT IN IT …WE TRY TO MAKE ONE OF HİS PHILOSOPHY THAT HE BELIEVED THA LAKE CAN BE YOGHURT LAKE

IT IS BELIEVED THAT THE AREA OF HİS TOMB İS THE CENTER OF THE WORLD

THIS IS THE WORLD’S BIGGEST CAULDRION IT IS IN GUINNESS RECORDSEVERY YEAR IN FESTIVALS WE FERMENTATE YOGHURT IN IT AND GIVE ALL THE PUBLIS

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