Every country has its folk hero--real or legendary, and in Turkey he goes by the name of Nasreddin Hoca, pronounced Nahz-red\'-din Hoe\'-djah.
She has captured in English the same directness typical of a Turkish storyteller as he relates one of the well-known, well-loved stories of the Wisdom or foolishness of Nasreddin Hoca..
Barbara Walker has put together only a sampling of the hundreds of Hoca Tales that exist.
Over the years a collection of stories grew up around this man, and today there is scarcely a Turk alive who doesn\'t know dozens of them by heart.
He could be wise and he could be foolish, and he was always able to laugh at himself.
In spite of these exalted duties he was as human as any man.
He lived several years ago and he served as a religious teacher, Moslem priest or judge as the occasion demanded.
Every country has its folk hero--real or legendary, and in Turkey he goes by the name of Nasreddin Hoca, pronounced Nahz-red\'-din Hoe\'-djah
