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	Nasreddin Hodja
		Nasreddin reputedly was born in 1208 in the village of Horto near Sivrihisar.
		Nasreddin Hodja was lying in the shade of an ancient walnut tree.
		Nasreddin Hodja and a friend were discussing their wives, when it occurred to the friend that Nasreddin had never mentioned his wife's name.
	www.pitt.edu /~dash/hodja.html (2622 words)

	Hodja Stories
		Guney, Eflatun Cem: Nasreddin Hoca Fikralari, Yeditepe Yayinlari, Ist.
		Kabacali, Alpay: Butun Yonleriyle Nasreddin Hoca, Ozgur Yayin Dagitim, Ist.
		Onder, Mehmet: Nasreddin Hoca, Is Bankasi Kultur Yayinlari, Ist 1971.
	www.cs.biu.ac.il /~schiff/Net/front.html (1411 words)

	Nasreddin Hoca ABD’de bir gün ...
		Nasreddin Hoca öyküleri Amerika Birleþik Devletleri’nde tiyatro oyunu oldu.
		Brennan, “Bu rol karþýma çýkana kadar ‘Nasreddin Hoca’ hakkýnda birþey bilmiyordum.
		Nasreddin Hoca oyununda tek bir Türk oyuncu rol alýyor.
	www.ntvmsnbc.com /news/288930.asp?0m=H16W (212 words)

	Nasreddin Hodja, Nasreddin Hoca
		Nasreddin Hodja (Hoca) is a 13th century Turkish personage who is believed to have lived in Aksehir in south-central Turkey.
		Hodja, so-called for his wisdom (in Turkish "hoca" means both teacher and religious leader, both of whom are supposed to be knowing men), was sometimes an imam, leading prayers and other religious ceremonies, and sometimes a kadi, resolving local disputes.
		Nasreddin Hodja, his life and times, and his character can be debated to no end.
	www.readliterature.com /hodja.htm (490 words)

	The Results of the 25th International Nasreddin Hodja
		He is so much at one with the people that perhaps it is truer to say he lived his works rather than created them.
		Nasreddin Hodja constitutes the nucleus of Turkish folk humor, with stories emanating from his personality being woven by the people around his character century after century, so that the humor of Hodja has reached our day as vigorous and as close to people's heart as ever.
		The Jury for the 25th international Nasreddin Hodja Cartoon Contest consisted of nine members from Turkey and five from abroad.
	www.irancartoon.com /100/contest/nasreddin.htm (309 words)

	Nasreddin Hodja - Who is Nasreddin Hodja?
		Nasreddin Hodja is an important cultural icon in Turkey.
		His father was the village imam in their village, and Nasreddin Hodja took after the duty after his father's death.
		Jokes of Nasreddin Hodja take their topics from the simple daily village life of the 13th century, but many jokes contain wit and humor of universal value.
	www.turkishclass.com /turkey_article_3_1 (325 words)

	Akşehir's International Nasreddin Hoca Festival and Aviation Festival - Turkish Daily News Jun 27, 2005
		Buğra reminded everyone that a different actor is chosen to impersonate Nasreddin Hoca every year and this year stage actor Ferhan Şensoy has the honors.
		Nasreddin Hoca takes some yogurt and goes to a lake.
		This is the first time a Nasreddin Hoca Symposium will be held, with participants from eight countries.
	www.turkishdailynews.com.tr /article.php?enewsid=16409 (358 words)

	Alleged terror financier operates in plain sight - Lisa Myers & the NBC News Investigative Unit- msnbc.com
		Today, some of Nasreddin's accounts and companies are frozen — such as Nasco Nasreddin Holding in Turkey, Nasreddin Group International Holding Ltd. in Bahamas, Nascotex SA of Tangiers, Morocco and Nascoservice in Milan, Italy — but not Nasco in Nigeria, which makes everything from cornflakes to cookies.
		Nasreddin denies ever financing terrorism, and one of his sons says his father no longer owns Nasco Nigeria.
		He says the shares are in the “custody” of another of Nasreddin’s sons.
	www.msnbc.msn.com /id/8421366 (618 words)

	Radikal-çevrimiçi / Türkiye / Noel Baba ve Nasreddin Hoca eşcinsel miydi?
		Oktay Sinanoğlu bir kart bile bastırmış: 'Nasreddin Hoca Noel Baba'ya karşı'.
		Bayram, kitabında Mevlana ile Nasreddin Hoca arasındaki gerginliğin zaman zaman inanılmaz boyutlara vardığını da belirterek, 'Kaynaklara göre Mevlana, Nasreddin Hoca'yı cinsi sapıklıkla suçlayarak onu ahlaki çöküntü içinde bir adam olarak göstermeye çalıştı.
		Hatta Nasreddin Hoca'nın kızına ait Akşehir'de bir mezar taşı bulunmaktadır.
	www.radikal.com.tr /haber.php?haberno=173916 (484 words)

	Radikal-çevrimiçi / Türkiye / Tarihçiden iddia: Nasreddin'in katili Mevlana
		Mikail Bayram, 'Kim olursan ol gel' diyen Mevlana'nın, eşcinsellikle suçladığı Nasreddin Hoca'yı öldürttüğünü ileri sürdü.
		Mikail Bayram, "Mevlana, eşcinsellikle suçladığı Nasreddin Hoca'yı öldürttü" deyince Konya karıştı.
		Hatta Mevlana, Divan-ı Kebir'inde Nasreddin Hoca'ya 'Zürrriyetsiz' diye hitap etti.
	www.radikal.com.tr /haber.php?haberno=171182 (383 words)

	IslamiCity Forum: Nasreddin Hoca, aka Mullah Nasruddin
		One day Molla Nasreddin was sprinkling some powder on the ground around his house.
		Nasreddin Hoja was awakened one night by the cries of two quarreling men in front of his house.
		Nasreddin Hoja's fame is quite widespread; a Chinese friend of mine said these stories are popular in his homeland too.
	www.islamicity.com /forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=452&PN=2&get=last (672 words)

	“Nasreddin Hoca fýkralarý Temel’e uyarlandý”
		TRABZON - Nasreddin Hoca yazma ve taþbaskýsý kitaplarýyla ilgili araþtýrmalar yapan Dr. Mustafa Duman, fýkra kahramaný Temel’in kimliðinin aydýnlatýlmasýna yönelik hazýrlanan “Temel Kimdir” adlý kitapta, gerçek Nasreddin Hoca ve Temel fýkralarýný sorguladý.
		Türklerin, dünya çapýnda tanýnmýþ fýkra kahramanlarýnýn baþýnda Nasreddin Hoca’nýn geldiðini belirten Dr. Mustafa Duman, bu fýkralarýn, Kýrým’dan Mýsýr’a, Çin Uygur Özerk Bölgesi’nden Bosna’ya kadar, baþta Anadolu, Balkanlar ve Orta Asya Türk dünyasý olmak üzere birçok ülkeye yayýldýðýný kaydetti.
		Günümüzde Türkiye’de Nasreddin Hoca fýkralarýndan sonra en yaygýn fýkralarýn Karadeniz fýkralarý olduðunu belirten Duman, þunlarý kaydetti:
	www.ntvmsnbc.com /news/393675.asp (347 words)

	Nasreddin Hodscha \| Ramadan und Opferfest mit Kandil.de
		Ein kunterbuntes interkulturelles Kinderbuch mit Geschichten von Nasreddin Hodscha zum Schmunzeln — Raten — Spielen — Lernen:
		Nasreddin Hodscha führt uns in seinen Anekdoten anschaulich vor Augen, dass Humor und gesunder Menschenverstand im täglichen Leben sinnvoller sind als das blinde Befolgen starrer Dogmen.
		Einige weitere Geschichten und Karikaturen mit Nasreddin Hodscha gibt es auch im Orienternet.
	www.kandil.de /nasreddin (183 words)

	Nasreddin Hoca - Kim Kimdir?
		Nasreddin Hoca'nın değeri, yaşadığı olaylarla değil, gerek kendisinin, gerek halkın onun ağzından söylediği gülmecelerdeki anlam, yergi ve alay öğelerinin inceliğiyle ölçülür.
		Nasreddin Hoca, bütün gülmecelerinde, soyut bir varlık olarak değil, yaşanmış, yaşanan bir olayla, bir olguyla bağlantılı bir biçimde ortaya çıkar.
		Nasreddin Hoca gülmecelerinde dile gelen, onun kişiliğinde, halkın duygularını yansıtan başka bir özellik de eşeğin yeridir.
	www.burdasin.net /nasreddin.hoca.asp (561 words)

	Turks.US Daily News: Nasreddin Hodja Stories to Be Performed at New York Festival (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The Nasreddin Hodja performances will be held on May 3 and are expected to attract the attention of adults as well as children through the talents of an award-winning puppet theater.
		Officials of the Moon and Stars Project, the foundation organizing the festival, said that their goal was to build a cultural bridge between Turkey and the United States and to introduce Turkish culture and art to the American people.
		Nasreddin, meaning "Victor of the Faith," Hodja is the author of his own famous tales.
	www.turks.us /article~story~20030423143733325~mode~print.htm (213 words)

	Salaam Knowledge (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Nasreddin is the main character of numerous stories, dramas, music, movies, cartoons, comic-strips and in paintings, which have crossed several geographical borders and survived many generations — the first story is found in the book called ‘Saltukname’ written in 1480.
		Nasreddin’s fine specimen miniature is found in a 17th century hand-written book in Topkapi Palace Museum Library in Istanbul (catalogue 2142).
		Nasreddin, it is believed, was born in the village of Hortu in Sivrihisar in the city of Eskishehir in Anatolia, Turkey.
	www.salaam.co.uk /knowledge/biography/viewentry.php?id=1292 (287 words)

	MFA - The Curriculum Vitae of Nasreddin Hodja
		Today, Nasreddin Hodja stories are told in a vast geographic area extending from East Turkmenistan to Hungary and from Southern Siberia to North Africa.
		Nasreddin Hodja stories are told in such succinct phrases that the last phrase of the stories which is uttered by Hodja have become popular epigrams or sayings like "laying flour on rope", "making it look like a bird", "the guilt is gone, the fight is over", "cutting the branch one is sitting on", etc.
		Every year, between july 5-10, International Nasreddin Hodja Festivalis organized in Aksehir where his tomb is. To keep Hodja character alive, Turkish writers and artists have used it in drama, in music, in movies (especially cartoons), in comic strips, in paintings.
	www.cs.utah.edu /~kagano/nhodja1.htm (1075 words)

	ÖZ TÜRKLER / TÜRK - TURAN TARİHİ
		Nasreddin Hoca'yı bundan sonra, Akşehir'de gösterişsiz yaşantısı içinde, dert çeken, uman, isteyen, efkârlanan, sonunda efkârını bir nüktede boğan bir halk adamı olarak görüyoruz.
		Nasreddin Hoca bir gün, çeşmeden su doldurması için kızlarından birinin eline bir testi verir, sonra da testiyi kırmaması için sıkı sıkı tembih ederek yanağına bir tokat indirir.
		Nasreddin Hoca, yaşının seksene yaklaştığı bir sırada, 1284 yılında Akşehir'de ölmüş, mezarı üzerine altı sütuna oturan kubbeli bir türbe yaptırılmıştır.
	www.ozturkler.com /data/0004/0004_146.htm (702 words)

	Classic Tales of Mulla Nasreddin
		He is a character who appears in thousands of stories, always witty, sometimes wise, even philosophic, sometimes the instigator of practical jokes on others and often a fool or the butt of a joke.
		Stories relating to Mulla Nasreddin are generally humorous, but in the subtle humor there is always a lesson to be learned.
		In preparing this volume, the editor and the translator have tried to select stories which are representative of the wit and wisdom of Mulla Nasreddin stories in the hope that these efforts will bring a few smiles to children of all ages.
	www.mazdapublishers.com /Classic-Tales.htm (198 words)

	Nasreddin Hodja
		Nasreddin Hodja is an infamous 13th century character who is known for his special sense of 'logic'.
		Nasreddin Hodja's father was the imam(religious leader) of the village and Hodja became an imam for some time.
		Nasreddin Hodja's stories were spread by word of mouth during the Ottoman Empire.
	members.tripod.com /~Turkler/hodja.html (630 words)

	Saudi Aramco World : Tales of the Hoja (Site not responding. Last check: )
		He is Nasreddin Hoja, the Anatolian preacher, teacher and farmer whose mythical adventures puncture pomposity, give grounds for hope, and recognize the realities of daily life not only of 13th-century Anatolia but of every place and age.
		Nasreddin Hoja (hocameans "teacher" in Turkish) is both crafty and naive, wise and foolish, a trickster and the butt of tricks.
		Nasreddin Hoja was very fond of liver, and he was very pleased when a friend sent him a wonderful new recipe for preparing it.
	www.saudiaramcoworld.com /issue/199705/tales.of.the.hoja.htm (2719 words)

	Nasreddin Hoja
		Nasreddin Hoja (also known as Nusrettin Hoca, Nasreddin Hoca, Nasreddin Hodja, Nasreddin Hodza, Nastratin Hogea, Nasreddin Hogia, Hodza Nasredin, Maulana Nasruddin, Nasr Eddin Hodja, Nastradhin Chotzas, Mulla Nasrudin, Molla Nasreddin, Mulla Nasruddin and Hodja Nasreddine) was a populist philosopher and wise man, remembered for his funny stories and anecdotes.
		His exact country and lifetime are not known certainly but he is usually assumed to have lived in Anatolia between the 11th and the 14th century.
		The anectodes attributed to him reveal a satirical personality with a biting tongue that he was not afraid to use even against the most tyrannical sultans of his time.
	www.teachersparadise.com /ency/en/wikipedia/n/na/nasreddin_hoja.html (184 words)

	Turkic hero - nasreddin hoja
		He is Nasreddin Hoja, the Anatolian preacher, teacher, and farmer whose mythical adventures puncture pomposity, give grounds for hope, and recongnize the realities of daily life not only of 13th-century Anatolia but of every place and age.
		Nasreddin Hoja (hoja means "teacher" in Turkish) is both crafty and naive, wise and foolish, a trickster and the butt of tricks.
		Thus Nasreddin Hoja had to deal not only with Timur, the terrifying Mongol conqueror of Anatolia, but also with nagging wives, thoughtless sons, intrusive neighbors, bungling bureaucrats and assorted animals.
	www.silk-road.com /folklore/nasreddin.html (2180 words)

	NASREDDIN HOGIA - HOCA NASREDDIN - Personaggi della Mitologia Tradizionali
		Questa volta, Nasreddin Hodja, fuori di se, discese subito dal somaro, ed anche suo figlio, e entrambi proseguirono andando dietro l'asino libero del suo carico.
		Nasreddin tornò indietro, svuotò il carico di angurie, lo ricaricò di fichi dal suo frutteto e si incamminò, di nuovo, tirandosi dietro l'asinello.
		Un giorno che Nasreddin Hodja si trovava in compagnia di Tamerlano, nel suo palazzo, fu portato al conquistatore, in regalo, uno specchio di platino.
	www.turchia.net /turchia/storia/personaggi/nasreddin_hogia.htm (3448 words)

	PO-3380: The United States and Italy Designate Twenty-Five New Financiers of Terror
		Nasreddin was designated by the G7 on April 19, 2002, and by the United Nations on April 24, 2002.
		Nasreddin’s corporate holdings and financial network provide direct support for Nada and Bank Al Taqwa, which was also previously designated by the United States on November 7, 2001, and the United Nations on November 9, 2001.
		Ahmed Idris Nasreddin is identified as the President of Miga-Malaysian Swiss, Gulf and African Chamber, and exercises sole signatory authority on behalf of the organization.
	www.ustreas.gov /press/releases/po3380.htm (2178 words)

	Nasreddin Hoca’dan mesaj: Aklınızı kullanın
		Nasreddin Hoca, Bakan Koç ile birlikte dünyanın ortası yazılı levhanın üzerine çıkarak bir konuşma yaptı.
		Nasreddin Hoca bu yılki mesajının akıllı olmak olduğunu belirterek, “Gönüllere çaldığımız maya kaymak tutmuştur” dedi.
		Akşehir Belediye Başkanı Mustafa Baloğlu, Bakan Koç’a üzerinde Nasreddin Hoca figürü bulunan küçük bir ipek halı hediye etti.
	www.ntv.com.tr /news/379078.asp (371 words)

	Care2 Connect - turkısh jokes
		His father was the village imam in their village, and Nasreddin Hodja took after the duty after his father's death.
		The jokes of Nasreddin Hodja take their topics from the simple daily village life of the 13th century, but many jokes contain wit and humor of universal value.
		Nasreddin Hodja and Timur agreed on the terms, the Hodja took the 3000 gold coins and left Timur's luxurious tent.
	www.care2.com /c2c/share/detail/94085 (1449 words)

	Saudi Aramco World : A Man of Many Names (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Nasreddin paused dramatically, then said: "If you don't know what I'm going to say, then what's the use of my talking?" And he descended from the minbar.
		But it was nice to believe that there was a Nasreddin Hodja around to cut tyrants down to size, and as time went on the oppressed Anatolian peasantry delighted in adding to the exploits of the indomitable Nasreddin.
		But the fortunes of Nasreddin Hodja, who became Goha in the course of his travels, were not to be limited to oral tradition.
	www.saudiaramcoworld.com /issue/197103/a.man.of.many.names.htm (1490 words)

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		The Historical Nasreddin Hoja The Historical Nasreddin Hoja can be considered a populist philosopher, wit and wise man. The contents of the many anecdotes about him suggest that Nasreddin Hoja lived in Asia Minor sometime between the 11th and the 14th centuries.
		Nasreddin Hoja stories are well known from the shores of Aegean to the Eastern reaches of Sinkiang, where he is known as "Effendi." One of his statues adorns a city square in Bukhara, depicting the esteemed Hoja riding his donkey backwards, as told in one of his anecdotes.
		Nasreddin Hoja is sent for and enters the Presence with a stack of pide (flat bread) in his arms, with slender lines of accounts scribbled on them.
	www.angelfire.com /on/paksoy/nasreddin.html (5155 words)

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