1. NASREDDIN HODJA

3. 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.

4. 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

5. 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.

6. 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 13 th century.

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

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

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

10. Next day,he comes with a cauldron with a small one in it… His neighbour becomes very happy to see it.

11. One week later he wants the cauldron agaın… Few weeks later his neighbour comes to hodja and wants his cauldron…

12. 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

13. 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

14. E VERY YEAR WE GO AKŞEHIR LAKE AND PUT YOGHURT ıN ıT … WE TRY TO MAKE ONE OF HIS PHıLOSOPHY THAT HE BELıEVED THA LAKE CAN BE YOGHURT LAKE

15. I T ıS BELıEVED THAT THE AREA OF HIS TOMB IS THE CENTER OF THE WORLD

19. T HıS ıS THE WORLD ’ S BıGGEST CAULDRıON ıT ıS ıN GUıNNESS RECORDS EVERY YEAR ıN FESTıVALS WE FERMENTATE YOGHURT ıN ıT AND GıVE ALL THE PUBLıS

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