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Ahi Evren (1169 1261) was believed to be the Muslim preacher who came Trabzon in Empire of Trebizond times and extended Islam there. His grave in Boztepe was sacred and visited by many people. His real name is Sheyh Nasreddin Ebul Ha-kayik, Mahmud Bin Ahmed El-Hoyi and he was born in Hoy, Iran in December 1169. He grew up in Azerbaijan and then came to Kayseri and established the Ahi community(trade, art, economy). He was killed by Mongols in Kırsehir on 1 April 1261. The graves owner in Boztepe could be someone else, for example a clan leader or a Greek metropolitan who accepted Islam later.
more informations for Ahilik http://www.ahilik.net/pages/english.htm
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Nasiruddin Tusia
Nasir al-Din Tusi was born in Tus in the year 1201 and began his studies at an early age. In Tus he studied Arabic, the Qur'an, Hadith, Shi'a jurisprudence, logic, philosophy, mathematics, medicine and astronomy.
more informations for Nasiruddin http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nas%C4%...T%C5%ABs%C4%AB
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He lived between 1352 and 1430. His original name was Numan, he changed it to Bayram after he met his spiritual leader Somuncu Baba during the festival of Eid ul-Adha (called Kurban Bayramı in Turkish). Hacı Bayram was born in small village in Ankara, and became a scholar of Islam. His life changed after he received instruction in Sufism from Somuncu Baba in the nearby city of Kayseri.
more information for Hacı Bayram-ı Veli http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hac%C4%...am-%C4%B1_Veli
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Nasreddin Hoca
According to an unproven claim, the legendary Nasreddin lived in Anatolia; he was born in Hortu Village in Sivrihisar, Eskişehir in the 13th century, then settled in Akşehir, and later in Konya, where he died.
The "International Nasreddin Hodja Festival" is held annually in Akşehir between July 5-10.
As generations went by, new stories were added, others were modified, and the character and his tales spread to other regions. The themes in the tales have become part of the folklore of a number of nations' and express the national imaginations of a variety of cultures. Although most of them depict Nasreddin in an early small-village setting, the tales (like Aesop's fables) deal with concepts that have a certain timelessness. They purvey a pithy folk wisdom that triumphs over all trials and tribulations.
Today, Nasreddin stories are told in a wide variety of regions, and have been translated into many languages. Some regions independently developed a character similar to Nasreddin, and the stories have become part of a larger whole. In many regions, Nasreddin is a major part of the culture, and is quoted or alluded to frequently in daily life. Since there are thousands of different Nasreddin stories, one can be found to fit almost any occasion. Nasreddin often appears as a whimsical character of a large Albanian, Arab, Azeri, Bengali, Bosnian, Hindi, Pashto, Persian, Serbian, Turkish and Urdu folk tradition of vignettes, not entirely different from zen koans. He is also very popular in Greece for his wisdom and his judgment; he is also known in Bulgaria, although in a different role, see below.
more informations for Nasreddin Hoca http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nasreddin
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