Isiko lezinganekwane—izinganekwane, amahlaya, izinganekwane nokunye okunjalo—ngolimi lwesiTurkey lucebile kakhulu. Mhlawumbe umuntu odume kakhulu esikweni nguNasreddin oshiwo ngenhla (owaziwa ngokuthi Nasreddin Hodja, noma “uthisha uNasreddin”, ngesi-Turkish), ongumlingiswa omaphakathi wezinkulungwane zamahlaya. Ngokuvamile ubonakala njengomuntu okuthi, nakuba ebonakala eyisiphukuphuku kulabo okufanele babhekane naye, empeleni abonise ukuthi unokuhlakanipha okukhethekile konke okwakhe:
Ngolunye usuku, umakhelwane kaNasreddin wambuza, “Mfundisi, unawo uviniga oneminyaka engamashumi amane?”— “Yebo, nginawo,” kuphendula uNasreddin.— “Ngingawuthola yini?” kubuza umakhelwane. “Ngidinga okokugcoba ngawo.”—“Cha, ngeke ube nawo,” kuphendula uNasreddin. “Uma benginikeza uviniga wami oneminyaka engamashumi amane ubudala kunoma ubani ofuna, bengingeke ngibe nawo iminyaka engamashumi amane, akunjalo?”
Afana namahlaya kaNasreddin, futhi avela esimweni senkolo esifanayo, amahlaya ka-Bektashi, lapho amalungu ohlelo lwenkolo luka-Bektashi—amelelwa ngomlingiswa ovele aqanjwe igama lakhe. Bektaşi—zikhonjiswa njengobuhlakani obungajwayelekile nobungajwayelekile, obuvamise ukubekela inselele amagugu e-Islam kanye nomphakathi.
Enye into edumile yenganekwane yaseTurkey ishashalazi yesithunzi egxile kwabalingiswa ababili bakaKaragöz noHacivat, bobabili abamele abalingiswa besitoko: uKaragöz-ophuma edolobhaneni elincane-uyinto yezwe, kanti iHacivat iyidolobha eliyinkimbinkimbi- ohlala khona. Inganekwane edumile ithi laba balingisi ababili empeleni basekelwe kubantu ababili bangempela ababesebenzela u-Osman I-umsunguli wobukhosi base-Ottoman-noma umlandeli wakhe u-Orhan I, ekwakhiweni kwesigodlo noma mhlawumbe i-mosque e-Bursa ekuqaleni kwekhulu le-14. Laba basebenzi ababili kuthiwa bachitha isikhathi sabo esiningi bejabulisa ezinye izisebenzi, futhi babehlekisa futhi bedumile kangangokuthi baphazamisa umsebenzi wesigodlo, base benqunywa amakhanda. Nokho, kuthiwa imizimba yabo yabe isithatha amakhanda anqunyiwe bahamba.
