Nasrettinhoca | |
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Coordinates: 39°31′N 31°40′E / 39.517°N 31.667°E | |
Country | Turkey |
Province | Eskişehir |
District | Sivrihisar |
Elevation | 860 m (2,820 ft) |
Population (2022) | 414 |
Time zone | UTC+3 ( TRT) |
Postal code | 26600 |
Area code | 0222 |
Nasrettinhoca (formerly Hortu) is a neighbourhood of the municipality and district of Sivrihisar, Eskişehir Province, Turkey. [1] Its population is 414 (2022). [2] Before the 2013 reorganisation, it was a town ( belde). [3] [4] It is situated along a tributary of Sakarya River. The distance to Sivrihisar is 26 kilometres (16 mi) and to Eskişehir is 116 kilometres (72 mi).
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. [5] (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.