A statue of Nasreddin Hodja - a unique and entertaining character from Turkish folklore - located at a stopover facility in the central Anatolian province of Konya has stirred debate among Turkish social media users.
The statue in the stopover facility next to a highway between Konya and the Aegean province of Afyonkarahisar was criticised for its "primitive" design, Hürriyet Daily News reported.
Salih Akkaya, the mayor of Konya’s Akşehir district, said the municipality will patent Nasreddin Hodja figures and his name.
Meanwhile, another statue of Nasreddin Hodja located in a different stopover facility was also criticised by locals. Officials from the facility said they may remove the statue as it depicted Nasreddin Hodja riding his donkey backwards.
