Nasrettinhoca


Nasrettinhoca is a small town in Sivrihisar district of Eskişehir Province, Turkey. It is situated at, along a tributary of Sakarya River. The distance to Sivrihisar is and to Eskişehir is . The population of Nasrettinhoca was 610. 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, in 1208. Like most other Central Anatolian towns, the town loses population because of migration to cities.