Yunus Emre

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Yunus Emre was a 13th–14th century Turkish Sufi poet whose simple, heartfelt verses profoundly shaped Anatolian Turkish literature and spiritual thought.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf Ottoman-era poet
Sufi
Turkish poet
mystic
person
poet
centuryOfActivity 13th century
14th century
commemoratedBy Yunus Emre Institute
Yunus Emre Year 1991
commemoratedIn Turkey
countryOfActivity Seljuk Sultanate of Rum
culturalSignificance iconic figure in Turkish culture
symbol of Anatolian humanism
ethnicity Turk
familyName Emre
gender male
givenName Yunus
hasLegacy foundation of Turkish mystical poetry canon
influenced Alevi-Bektashi poetry
Anatolian Turkish literature
Turkish Sufi thought
Turkish folk poetry
language Old Anatolian Turkish
literaryTradition Sufi poetry
Turkish folk literature
movement Islamic mysticism
Sufism
nationality Seljuk Turk
notableWork Divan of Yunus Emre
Risaletü’n-Nushiyye
occupation dervish
poet
regionOfActivity Anatolia
religion Islam
religiousBranch Sufism
religiousOrder Bektashi order
Mevlevi order
style didactic poetry
lyrical poetry
simple language
theme brotherhood of humans
divine love
humanism
love of God
tolerance
unity of being
wroteIn Anatolian Turkish dialect
vernacular Turkish

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Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Turkish literature
notableAuthor

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