File:Karaman_Yunus_Emre_monument_4725.jpg · Wikimedia Commons · See Wikimedia Commons
Yunus Emre was a Turkish folk poet and Sufi mystic whose spiritual writings became deeply influential in Turkish and Islamic culture. His work matters because it helped shape Turkish literary tradition and expressed important themes of mysticism and devotion that resonated across generations and communities.
AI-generated from the Wikipedia summary — may contain errors.
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Ottoman Empire
- Place of birth
- Asia Minor
- Place of death
- Anatolia
- Occupation
- literary scholar
- Languages spoken
- Arabic
- Religion
- Bektashi Order
- Field of work
- Sufism
- Image
- Statue of Yunus Emre, Eskişehir 05 (cropped).jpg
Show 11 more facts
- topic's main category
- Category:Yunus Emre
- described by source
- UNESCO Courier
- date of birth
- 1241-00-00
- date of death
- 1321-01-01
- Commons Creator page
- Yunus Emre
- lifestyle
- mysticism
- Commons category
- Yunus Emre
- writing language
- Ottoman Turkish
- influenced by
- Tapduk Emre
- name in native language
- Yunus Emre
- ethnic group
- Turks
Sources (9)
via Wikidata · CC0
~6 min read
Encyclopedic overview
Yunus Emre ( Turkish pronunciation: [juːˈnus emˈɾe]), also known as Derviş Yûnus (Yûnus the Dervish; 1238–1320; Old Anatolian Turkish: يونس امره), was a Turkish folk poet and Sufi who greatly influenced Turkish culture. The UNESCO General Conference unanimously passed a resolution declaring 1991, the 750th anniversary of the poet's birth, International Yunus Emre Year.
Biography
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Yunus Emre” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.