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The Philosophical Aspect of Nasreddin Hodja

               Nasreddin Hodja is folk philosopher reflecting his thoughts with jokes. His behaviors and words transformed to legend by spreading from mouth to mouth for centuries beside folk. Nesreddin Hodja jokes reach until today. His jokes both make people laugh and think. Humor in Nasreddin Hodja jokes is far from destructive and creative and pleasing. His jokes are about daily life. Accordingly they take place house, street, bazaar, mosque, madrasah and court. Wife, son, neighbor, student of Nasreddin Hodja, begger, and seller etc. are people taking place his jokes.

                He did not write any jokes. His jokes spreading from mouth to mouth began to being seen in written sources in XVI. century. In the beginning it is supposed that five hundred jokes belongs to him but now his jokes are innumerable. Regarding this, we can say that Turkish people get Nasreddin Hodja talk against to injustices and deceptions and criticize doings from his jokes. 

 

Nasreddin Hodja