Yunus Emre

Turkish Sufi and folk poet (1238–1320)

Yunus Emre also known as Derviş Yunus (Yunus the Dervish) (1238–1328) was a Turkish folk poet and Sufi mystic who 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. 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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Yunus Emre was born on 1240 in Sarıköy near Sivrihisar, Sultanate of Rum, now Turkey. They were best known as a poet. Emre's country of citizenship (nationality) was Turkish. They died on 1321 in Yunusemre (formerly Saru), Ottoman Beylik, now Turkey at the age of 80.

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Date of death	1321	edit
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