Uşak Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi 2016 9/5 Views of Turkish Teacher Candidates About Nasreddin Hoca Fulya TOPÇUOĞLU ÜNAL 1 Kevser ER 2 Extended Abstract Introduction Nasreddin Hodja is one of the most important humor masters of Turkish literature and tradition. Nasreddin Hoca, who has won the love of the people with his sharp intelligence and ready response attitude, has been making people think and make him laugh thanks to these features. Nasreddin Hoca, who approached the problems he faced in social life with a humorous style, revealed the way of life of Anatolian people, the structure of thought and events. For this reason, researching the memory of Nasreddin Hodja means to investigate the humor of the Turkish people and the philosophy of the world of critical thought. Nasreddin Hodja is an important asset in terms of folk literature, combining the concepts of humor criticism and tolerance together with the name that comes to mind first in the anecdote. Method The purpose of this research is to determine the opinions of Turkish teacher candidates regarding Nasreddin Hodja. The research is a descriptive study in the screening model which is performed by using qualitative data collection techniques. The purpose of the screening research is usually to draw a picture of the existing situation related to the subject of the research (Büyüköztürk, et al., 2014). In this research, it was tried to be described as if the students had knowledge levels about Nasreddin Hodja. The data in the study were collected with interview questions. In order to collect data in the study, semi-structured interview form was developed and 17 students were applied from Turkish teacher candidates who are studying in a public school. 1 Doç Dr., Dumlupınar Üniversitesi, Türkçe Eğitimi Anabilim Dalı, E-Posta: fulya.topcuoglu.unal@dpu.edu.tr 2 Arş.Gör., Dumlupınar Üniversitesi, Türkçe Eğitimi, E-Posta: kevser.er@dpu.edu.tr