Have you heard of Nasreddin Hodja(Hoca).What nationality was he?

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anlarm

Hoca Nasreddin (or Nasreddin Hoca) was a Turkish philosopher and clergyman. He was born in Turkey, lived all his life in and around Sivrihisar, AkÅŸehir, and died there.
His deep philosophy, his practical jokes and solutions to problems still amazes us today. Even his grave is a big joke: There is a gate and a lock, but there are no walls around it :)

Ipek K

He is the best known trickester - and a philosopher of Turkish origin. His short stories are full of wit and socialogic lessons .

Here are some stories as examples :

http://www.pitt.edu/~dash/hodja.html#nasreddin

and that is how he is pictured :

http://www.cca-anatolie.com/nasrettin.jpg

http://vieuxsinge.blog.lemonde.fr/files/ouz23012_boukhara_hodjarw.jpg

Totally Blunt

We know him as Turkish. But I have met traces of the name and character elsewhere toward the east. So, maybe Nasreddin Hoca is a tradition that affected more than one culture.

.:::Niko:::.

Istanbul bogazi,Mamma li Turchi 'n Ipek K are right

Rain

According to an unproven claim, the legendary Nasreddin Hoca lived in Anatolia; he was born in Hortu Village in Sivrihisar, EskiÅŸehir in the 13th century, then settled in AkÅŸehir, and later in Konya, where he died.
The Nasreddin stories are known throughout the Middle East and have touched cultures around the world. Superficially, most of the Nasreddin stories may be told as jokes or humorous anecdotes. They are told and retold endlessly in the teahouses and caravanserais of Asia and can be heard in homes and on the radio.

FragenÃ¼berFragen

He was Turkish.

tes

Turkish.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nasreddin

Mehmet K

Turk without any doupt..

Irmak

He was Turkish.

istanbul bogazi in the Queendom

He was Turkish. Some say he was just a funny man some say he was a philosopher:-)
If you ask me he was a philosopher because he has very important and educative thoughts on life.
I would like to give you a link about him which i would like you read:
http://www.business-with-turkey.com/hoca/hoca-who.htm

fatanlonely845

turkiye'li zannederim. dogrumu?

daddy cool

I wonder if some lunatics will come up to say he was armenian or he was originally greek.

some fool says he was from OKlahoma (probably a republican.. because it takes a republican to be so dumba/s/s)

zuleha-in rebellion

He could only have been a Bosnian!

(Kidding...of course he was Turkish)

And I love the hodja stories!

Rampage

Nasreddin is Turkish..!!

Richard K

He's a Hillbilly from Oklahoma. American of course. Don't the Amerikanners get all the credit. They rule the world doncha know. Everything is theirs. Someday we will ALL be Americans. After all.....they are recreating the earth. Lol!!!

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