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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Yunus Emre canonical 6
Turkish poet Yunus Emre 1

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Statements (49)

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 Turks ⓘ
surface form: Turk
familyName Emre ⓘ
gender male ⓘ
givenName Yunus ⓘ
hasLegacy foundation of Turkish mystical poetry canon ⓘ
influenced Bektashi order ⓘ
surface form: Alevi-Bektashi poetry

Anatolian Turkish literature ⓘ
Turkish Sufi thought ⓘ
Turkish folk poetry ⓘ
language Old Anatolian Turkish ⓘ
literaryTradition Sufi poetry ⓘ
Turkish folk literature ⓘ
movement Sufism ⓘ
surface form: Islamic mysticism

Sufism ⓘ
nationality Seljuk Empire ⓘ
surface form: Seljuk Turk
notableWork Divan of Yunus Emre ⓘ
Risaletü’n-Nushiyye ⓘ
occupation dervish ⓘ
poet ⓘ
regionOfActivity Anatolia ⓘ
religion Islam ⓘ
religiousBranch Sufism ⓘ
religiousOrder Bektashi order ⓘ
Mevleviyya ⓘ
surface form: 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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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Turkish literature → notableAuthor → Yunus Emre ⓘ
Karaman → hasCulturalFigureTomb → Yunus Emre ⓘ
Emre → hasNotableBearer → Yunus Emre ⓘ
Divan of Yunus Emre → author → Yunus Emre ⓘ
Risaletü’n-Nushiyye → author → Yunus Emre ⓘ
Yunus Emre Institute → namedAfter → Yunus Emre ⓘ
Yunus Emre Institute → namedAfter → Yunus Emre ⓘ
this entity surface form: Turkish poet Yunus Emre