Yunus Emre was a Turkish poet and Sufi mystic. He was probably born in 1238. He has a immense influence on Turkish literature, from his own age until the present. Following the Mongol invasion of Anatolia, 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.He remains a popular figure in a number of countries, stretching from the Balkans to Azerbaijan. Now he is a world wide poet. His poetry gives no weight to the separations of religion, sect, race, color or status. He never discriminates among human beings, his embracing attitude welcomes all humanity without any sense of differences; he does not separate, he unites people in his humanism.


Yunus Emre the mystic is my name,
Each passing day fans and rouses my flame,
What I desire in both worlds is the same:
You're the one I need, you're the one I crave.