Nasrettinhoca

Nasrettinhoca
Town
Nasrettinhoca Location in Turkey
Coordinates: 39°31′N 31°40′E / 39.517°N 31.667°E / 39.517; 31.667Coordinates: 39°31′N 31°40′E / 39.517°N 31.667°E / 39.517; 31.667
Country	Turkey
Province	Eskişehir Province
District	Sivrihisar
Elevation	860 m (2,820 ft)
Population  (2012)
• Total	610
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code	26657
Area code(s)	0222
Licence plate	26

Nasrettinhoca (former Hortu) is a small town in Sivrihisar district of Eskişehir Province, Turkey. It is situated at

39°31′N 31°40′E / 39.517°N 31.667°E / 39.517; 31.667, along a tributary of Sakarya River. The distance to Sivrihisar is 26 kilometres (16 mi) and to Eskişehir is 116 kilometres (72 mi) . The population of Nasrettinhoca was 610.^[1] as of 2012. The town is a historical settlement and it is named after Nasrettin Hoca, the famous Turkish popular philosopher and satirist of the 13th century. The town municipality claims that he was born in a historical house of the town, (now under restoration) in 1208.^[2] (However there are other claimants for Nasrettin Hoca's home like Akşehir) Like most other Central Anatolian towns, the town loses population because of migration to cities.

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