Yunus Emre (1238?–1320?) was a Turkish poet and Sufi mystic. He has exercised an immense influence on Turkish literature, from his own day until the present. The Chinese poem Quatrain on Heavenly Mountain by Emperor Gaozong (Song Dynasty) Poetry (from the Greek , poiesis, making or creating) is a form of art in which language is used for its aesthetic qualities in addition to, or in lieu of, its ostensible meaning. ... Sufism is a mystic tradition of Islam encompassing a diverse range of beliefs and practices dedicated to Allah/God, divine love and sometimes to help a fellow man. ... Mysticism from the Greek μυστικός (mystikos) an initiate (of the Eleusinian Mysteries, μυστήρια (mysteria) meaning initiation[1]) is the pursuit of achieving communion or identity with, or conscious awareness of, ultimate reality, the divine, spiritual truth, or God through direct experience, intuition, or insight; and the belief that such experience is an... A page from the Dîvân-ı Fuzûlî, the collected poems of the 16th-century Ottoman poet Fuzûlî Turkish literature is the collection of written and oral texts composed in the Turkish language, either in its Ottoman form or in less exclusively literary forms, such as that spoken...

Following the Mongol invasion of Anatolia facilitated by the Seljuk Turkish defeat at the 1243 Battle of Köse Dağ, Islamic mystic literature thrived in Anatolia, and Yunus Emre became one of its most distinguished poets. He is one of the first poets known by name to have composed extensively in the Turkish language, and his poems—despite being fairly simple on the surface—evidence his skill in describing quite abstruse mystical concepts in a clear way. He remains a popular figure in a number of countries, stretching from Azerbaijan to the Balkans, with seven different and widely dispersed localities disputing the privilege of having his tomb within their boundaries. Motto: Даяар Монгол (Dayar Mongol) Great Mongol Anthem: Bügd Nairamdakh Mongol Capital (and largest city) Ulaanbaatar Mongolian Government Parliamentary democracy  - President Nambaryn Enkhbayar  - Prime minister Miyeegombo Enkhbold Formation    - National Foundation Day 1206   - Independence from China July 11, 1921  Area  - Total 1,564,116 km² (19th) 603,909 sq mi   - Water (%) 0. ... Anatolia lies east of the Bosphorus, between the Black Sea and the Mediterranean Anatolia is a peninsula of Western Asia which forms the greater part of the Asian portion of Turkey, as opposed to the European portion (Thrace, or traditionally Rumelia). ... This article or section is missing references or citation of sources. ... Combatants Mongols Sultanate of Rüm, Georgian and Trapezuntine auxiliaries Commanders Bayju Kay Khusrau II Strength Casualties {{{notes}}} The Battle of Köse Dag was fought between the Seljuk Turks of Rum and the Mongols on June 26, 1243 at the place Köse Dag on Sivas-Erzincan road (now... Turkish (Turkish: Türkçe), a Turkic language, is the mother tongue of the Turkish people native to Turkey. ... Balkan peninsula with northwest border Isonzo-Krka-Sava The Balkans is the historic and geographic name used to describe a region of southeastern Europe. ...

His poems, written in the tradition of Anatolian folk poetry, mainly concern divine love and human destiny: ...

Yunus'dürür benim adım

Gün geçtikçe artar odum

İki cihanda maksûdum

Bana seni gerek seni^[1]

"Yūnus Emre is my name; my fire increases day by day. In the two worlds, my goal is this: it is You I need, You."^[2]

Trivia

• The Turkish city of İzmir has an annual international song festival dedicated to Yunus Emre.

İzmir (Ottoman Turkish: إزمير İzmir, Greek: Σμύρνη Smýrnē, Armenian: Իզմիր, Italian: Smirne, Ladino: Izmir, without the Turkish dotted I) is the third most populous city of Turkey and the countrys largest port after İstanbul. ...

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• Yunus Emre & Humanism