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Flag of Akşehir - Image by Jens Pattke, 3 October 2012
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The flag of Akşehir (photo) is white with the municipality's emblem. "Belediyesi" means "Municipality".
The emblem pictures the town's namesake, Hodja Nasreddin. A Seljuk satirical Sufi figure, very popular in the Islamic world, the Hodja lived in the 13th century and is considered as a folk philosopher and a wise man, remembered for his funny stories and anecdotes.
The Hodja wanted to ride his donkey one day. Standing on the mounting
block to the left of the animal, he put his right foot in the stirrup,
and in one fluid movement mounted his ride, backwards. The bystanders
laughed, and asked him: "Hodja, why are you sitting back to front?" Yet
the Hodja answered: I'm sitting as I should, but this unfortunate donkey
is facing the wrong way".
Though Hodja Nasreddin lived in Akşehir for many years, for all men a
day is ordained on which they must die. When that day had come and gone,
the Hodja's body was buried in the town's graveyard. He had become quite
popular in town over the years, and the people of Akşehir brought
together the money for a fitting tomb for the Hodja.
It was not long after the tomb was erected that on a Friday the guard of
the graveyard saw the ghost of the Hodja appear before him. "Quick, go
to the mosque," said the Hodja's ghost to him: "tell everyone there, to
come to my grave. They'll see me ride the tomb like I once rode my
donkey. Let them all come."
The guard ran to the mosque as fast as he could and delivered his
message. Well, there is many an opportunity for prayer, yet rare are the
occasions where a ghost announces his presence beforehand. Everyone in
the mosque accompanied the guard back to the graveyard. And there they
stood, and waited. And waited. And waited. But the ghost of the Hodja
didn't make an appearance. It began to dawn on those present that once
more, the Hodja had played a trick on them.
But just when they were about to protest this, behind them in the city,
the roof of the mosque collapsed. When the ground had stopped its
trembling, one of them hesitantly began: "If the Hodja ...". He didn't
have to finish that sentence. Nasreddin Hodja has been revered in
Aksehir ever since.
[Z. Bayraktar. 2012. Bosna Hersek Sözlü Kültüründe Nasreddin Hoca Tipi Üzerine. Journal of Academic Social Science Studies 3, 33-42]
Peter Hans van den Muijzenberg & Tomislav Šipek, 16 January 2013
Doğrugöz
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Flag of Doğrugöz - Image by Tomislav Šipek, 21 October 2017
The flag of Doğrugöz (photo) was white with the municipal emblem.
Tomislav Šipek, 21 October 2017
Akşehir Chamber of Commerce and Industry
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Flag of the Akşehir Chamber of Commerce and Industry - Image by Ivan Sache, 24 October 2017
The flag of the Akşehir Chamber of Commerce and Industry (photo, photo, photo, photo) is white with the organization's emblem.
Ivan Sache, 24 October 2017
Akşehir Commodity Exchange
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Flag of the Akşehir Commodity Exchange - Image by Ivan Sache, 4 September 2019
At the monthly assembly of the Akşehir Chamber of Commerce and Industry
in April 1984, the necessity of establishment of a Commodity Exchange in
the district, which has sufficient agricultural and animal product
procurement and the commercial enterprise and factory of these products,
was explained, and an entrepreneur (founders) board was formed and the
necessary establishment activities were established.
As a result of the work of the industrialists and traders from Akşehir,
the former retired Secretary General of the Chamber of Commerce and
Industry, Ahmet Géuuml;rel Tekelioğlu, who was elected to the Board of
Founders, the organization was established on 1 June 1984 with the
consent of the Ministry of Trade and Industry.
[Corporate website]
The flag of the Akşehir Commodity Exchange (photo,
photo,
photo) is white with the organization's emblem.
Hodja Nasreddin is represented on the emblem exactly as
on the municipal emblem, but riding to the opposed direction (still
sitting back to front, of course).
The motto reads "Power Born in the Middle of the World".
Ivan Sache, 4 September 2019
