Nasrettin Hodja

I want to talk about Nasrettin Hodja. I think he was a funny person. There are a lot of story about him but noone still knows when or where he lived in.There are only the predictions about them. It is believed that he was born in Sivrihisar in 13. century and he died in Akşehir. He was an imam, a teacher and a muslim judge. So, the appellation that is 'hodja' was given to him.

While he was telling about the Anatolian people's life-style with funny and regimental items, people learned their mistakes. He showed people the true ways. Nowadays, his events are told as a humor.

I want to write some of his events..

• One day, Nasrettin Hodja bet with his friends. If Nasrettin Hodja wait for a day at the park, his friends will prepare a good dinner. Unless he wait, he will prepare a dinner for them. He waited all day at the park coldly. Then, his friend came and said him " you didnt win this bet because you heated with a candle which is at far away. Nasrettin Hodja admitted it despairingly and went to prepare the dinner. He put a candle under a big saucepan. His friends said him " But you dont cook a meal with a candle". Then Hodja said " how i heat with a candle, this meal will be cooked with a candle".

• One day, Nasrettin Hodja wanted to a pan from his neighboor. Then his neighboor said that his pan was eaten by mouses. After two days, he wanted to hodja's donkey from hodja to go to market. Hodja said " my donkey was eaten by a mouse." Then the neighboor asked how a donkey was eaten by a mouse. Hodja answered " if mouses could eat pans, they could eat a donkey".