Region: Turkey

Materials from Turkey

Goha: The Wise Fool

By Book Importer | Published: August 15, 2011

A collection of fourteen tales about the folk hero Nasreddin Hoca, also known as Goha, a man with a reputation for being able to answer difficult questions in a clever way.

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Nearly Nonsense

By Book Importer | Published: May 3, 2011

Nasrudin Hoja was a mullah (teacher) in Turkey. He was a busy man – he worked in a vineyard, gave sermons at the mosque, and was sometimes even a judge. He did all of this with a nagging wife, a constant stream of uninvited visitors, and many animals. Although Hoja’s life wasn’t easy, his heart [...]

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T Is for Turkey

By Book Importer | Published: April 4, 2011

With a history going back 4,000 years, Turkey has been the homeland to many civilizations — Greeks, Romans, Kurds, Armenians, Assyrians, and Hittites — each of whom has left their cultural, social, and religious marks. Turkey also has some of the best cuisine in the world. Each region offers its own specialties, and the Turkish [...]

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Little Mouse and Elephant

By Book Importer | Published: April 4, 2011

Boastful Little Mouse sets out to show that he is stronger than anyone in the forest, even Elephant, and nothing that happens can change his opinion.

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Nabeel’s New Pants: An Eid Tale

By Book Importer | Published: April 4, 2011

Ramadan has come to an end. the fast is over, and tomorrow the celebration of Eid will begin. Nabeel decides to buy each of his family members something special to wear for the holiday. But while he’s choosing the shopkeeper persuades him also to buy a gift for himself–a pair of new pants that are [...]

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The Hungry Coat

By Book Importer | Published: April 4, 2011

After being forced to change to a fancy new coat to attend a party, Nasrettin Hoca tries to feed his dinner to the coat, reasoning that it was the coat that was the invited guest.

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Against the Storm

By Book Importer | Published: October 1, 2009

When Mehmet and his family leave their small Turkish village to seek a better life in Ankara, they find themselves living in poverty, but an encounter with a streetwise orphan and his own determination give Mehmet the courage to find a way out.

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Rumi: Whirling Dervish

By Book Importer | Published: October 1, 2009

Born in Afghanistan in the thirteenth century, Rumi settled in Turkey and became a great mystical poet. Although he began his adult life as a highly respected scholar, he found his true calling after being mentored by a holy man, Shamsuddin. From “Shams,” he learned to listen for the sacred sound of God within himself. [...]

Other Descriptors: Afghanistan, Biography, Intermediate (ages 9-14), Primary (ages 6-9) » Themes: , , » Leave a comment

Parade of Shadows

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: December 1, 2008

In 1907, sixteen-year-old Julia Hamilton, happy to accompany her diplomat father on a tour of the Ottoman-controlled cities of Istambul, Damascus, Palmyra, and Aleppo, soon finds the journey increasingly hazardous as she begins to uncover her father’s true mission and the secret motivations of the other travelers in their group.

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The Frozen Waterfall

By Rebecca Ballenger | Published: October 29, 2008

When she finally joins her father and brothers in their new home in Switzerland, a twelve-year-old Turkish girl encounters the tremendous difficulty of living in a foreign country without knowing the language and customs.

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