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Nasreddin Hodja Birth Festival Sivrihisar in Sivrihisar/Hortu
The Nasreddin Hodja Birth Festival is held in Hortu village, Sivrihisar district of Eskisehir province, widely regarded as the actual birthplace of the beloved Turkish and wider Islamic-world folk humorist Nasreddin Hodja, offering a smaller, hometown counterpart to the internationally known festival held in his later home of Aksehir.
Nasreddin Hodja, also known across the Islamic world by variants including Mulla Nasreddin and Molla Nasreddin, is among the most enduringly beloved figures in Turkish and broader regional folklore, remembered for brief comic anecdotes that combine absurd logic with genuine wisdom, still retold to children throughout Turkey, the Balkans, Central Asia, and the Middle East.