Yunus Emre

Yunus Emre

Yunus Emre (1238–1320) (Turkish pronunciation: [juˈnus emˈɾe]) was a Turkish folk poet and Sufi mystic. He has exercised immense influence on Turkish literature, from his own day until the present. Also known as Derviş Yunus (Yunus the Dervish). He greatly influenced Turkish culture. His name, Yunus, is the equivalent to the English name Jonah. He wrote in Old Anatolian Turkish, an early stage of Turkish.

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