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Yunus Emre
1241 – 1321 · aged 80
Turkish folk poet and Sufi mystic
- Born
- 1241 · Asia Minor
- Died
- 1321 · Anatolia
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- 1241BornBorn in Asia Minor
- 1321DiedDied in Anatolia
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- 1243 – 1502Golden Horde
- 1271 – 1368Yuan dynasty
Biography
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.
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