Akademik Tarih ve Düşünce Dergisi

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Anecdotes (jokes), which are shaped around the folk tradition of Turkish society and are a humorous genre, bear traces of their own cultural texture. These traces convey to the reader land where the jokes were born, cultural tools specific to that community and traditional structure of the society. These qualities are accepted as important cultural documents in terms of presenting to the society of the originality of narratives and the thought and belief structure of the society in which they are formed. In addition to the social and historical structure of the period, humor of the society can be clearly seen in the jokes. After the anecdotes (jokes) started orally and were written down, they have reached the present day in different forms by updating with comics, newspapers, television and various digital transmission tools. In our study usage areas of the collected Nasreddin Hodja jokes, the conceptual framework of the jokes, their classification and the content of Hodja jokes in different nations are exemplified in detail. In addition, the messages given to the society by Nasreddin Hodja anecdotes (jokes) are methodologically stated at a certain level. In addition to İlhan Başgöz's clustering of anecdotes in a conceptual framework, the reflection of anecdotes in children's magazines is discussed in a separate title and presented visually. As in the past, also today, children's and adult anecdotes (jokes) will continue to introduce the Turkish nation's keen sense of humor to the world by ascribing them to the name of Nasreddin Hodja, Temel Reis and Bektashi.