The Selected Tales of Nasreddin Hodja

Nasreddin Hodja, who is known as the symbol of humour genre, is believed to have lived in Anatolia in the thirtennth century. Hodja, known for his quick wit, takes on contradictory caharacters in each story and reveals the seriousness of the incident with humour. The stories in this tale have been chosen from various sources sources and carefully simplified. “Only the genious artist called Charlie Chaplin got closer to the humor scenes with profound and precious advice of Nasreddin Hodja.” Necip Fazıl Kısakürek “Hodja is in the imagination of the public; people, when necessary, get angry with themselves and scold themselves with his words. As Bedri Rahmi Eyüpoğlu said once; “Soon, Hodja will take the bus or the minibus and he will definetely want to take a cab...” Abdülbaki Gölpınarlı