Nasrettin Hocanın Kimdir? Hayatı İngilizce

**Prof. Dr. Sinsi** · 09-02-2012

Nasrettin Hocanın İngilizce Hayatı

Nasrettin Hocanın İngilizce Biyografisi

Nasrettin Hoca

Nasreddin Hoca was born in 1208 in Hortu village near town Sivrihisar (near Afyon) in the west part of Central Anatolia

He moved in 1237 to Aksehir town to study under notably scholars of the time as Seyid Mahmud Hayrani and Seyid Haci Ibrahim

He served as Kadi, Muslim judge, from time to time till 1284 which is the date of his death

Nasreddin Hoca was a philosopher, wise, witty man with a good sense of humor

His stories have been told almost everywhere in the world, spread among the tribes of Turkic World and into Persian, Arabian, African and along the Silk Road to China and India cultures, later also to Europe

Of course, all these stories currently attributed to the Hoca for about 700 years haven’t originated from him

Most of them are the product of collective Humor of not only Turks but also other folks in the World

Nasreddin Hodja, or Hoca which means teacher in Turkish (“c” is pronounced in Turkish like “dj” or like “J” in “John” in English), is known as with different names in the world

Some examples; Turks say “Nasreddin Hoca;” Kazakhs, “Koja Nasreddin;” Greeks, “Hoja Nasreddin;” Azerbaijanis and Iranians, “Molla or Mulla Nasreddin;” Arabs, “Juha;” and Tajiks, “Mushfiqi”

And some spellings of Nasreddin: Nasrudin, Nasr ed-din and Nasr al-din

The year 1996 was proclaimed “Nasreddin Hoca year” by UNESCO

He is, now in 2004, 796 years old

He signed the humor of the millennium at the top

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Prof. Dr. Sinsi	Nasrettin Hocanın Kimdir? Hayatı İngilizce Nasrettin Hocanın İngilizce Hayatı Nasrettin Hocanın İngilizce Biyografisi Nasrettin Hoca Nasreddin Hoca was born in 1208 in Hortu village near town Sivrihisar (near Afyon) in the west part of Central Anatolia He moved in 1237 to Aksehir town to study under notably scholars of the time as Seyid Mahmud Hayrani and Seyid Haci Ibrahim He served as Kadi, Muslim judge, from time to time till 1284 which is the date of his death Nasreddin Hoca was a philosopher, wise, witty man with a good sense of humor His stories have been told almost everywhere in the world, spread among the tribes of Turkic World and into Persian, Arabian, African and along the Silk Road to China and India cultures, later also to Europe Of course, all these stories currently attributed to the Hoca for about 700 years haven’t originated from him Most of them are the product of collective Humor of not only Turks but also other folks in the World Nasreddin Hodja, or Hoca which means teacher in Turkish (“c” is pronounced in Turkish like “dj” or like “J” in “John” in English), is known as with different names in the world Some examples; Turks say “Nasreddin Hoca;” Kazakhs, “Koja Nasreddin;” Greeks, “Hoja Nasreddin;” Azerbaijanis and Iranians, “Molla or Mulla Nasreddin;” Arabs, “Juha;” and Tajiks, “Mushfiqi” And some spellings of Nasreddin: Nasrudin, Nasr ed-din and Nasr al-din The year 1996 was proclaimed “Nasreddin Hoca year” by UNESCO He is, now in 2004, 796 years old He signed the humor of the millennium at the top