Yunus Emre
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Yunus Emre was a 13th–14th century Turkish Sufi poet whose simple, heartfelt verses profoundly shaped Anatolian Turkish literature and spiritual thought.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Yunus Emre canonical | 6 |
| Turkish poet Yunus Emre | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Target entity: Yunus Emre Context triple: [Turkish literature, notableAuthor, Yunus Emre]
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Rumi
Rumi was a 13th-century Persian poet, Islamic scholar, and Sufi mystic whose spiritually profound and lyrical works have made him one of the most beloved poets in world literature.
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Ibn Arabi
Ibn Arabi was a seminal medieval Sufi mystic, philosopher, and poet whose metaphysical teachings, especially the doctrine of the "Unity of Being," profoundly shaped Islamic spirituality and thought.
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C.
Saadi
Saadi was a renowned 13th-century Persian poet and prose writer best known for his moralistic and philosophical works such as "Bustan" and "Gulistan."
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D.
Mehmet Akif Ersoy
Mehmet Akif Ersoy was a Turkish poet, writer, and politician best known as the author of the Turkish National Anthem.
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E.
Hafez
Hafez was a 14th-century Persian lyric poet renowned for his ghazals, which explore themes of love, mysticism, and the divine, and remain central to Persian literature and culture.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Yunus Emre Target entity description: Yunus Emre was a 13th–14th century Turkish Sufi poet whose simple, heartfelt verses profoundly shaped Anatolian Turkish literature and spiritual thought.
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A.
Rumi
Rumi was a 13th-century Persian poet, Islamic scholar, and Sufi mystic whose spiritually profound and lyrical works have made him one of the most beloved poets in world literature.
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B.
Ibn Arabi
Ibn Arabi was a seminal medieval Sufi mystic, philosopher, and poet whose metaphysical teachings, especially the doctrine of the "Unity of Being," profoundly shaped Islamic spirituality and thought.
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C.
Saadi
Saadi was a renowned 13th-century Persian poet and prose writer best known for his moralistic and philosophical works such as "Bustan" and "Gulistan."
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D.
Mehmet Akif Ersoy
Mehmet Akif Ersoy was a Turkish poet, writer, and politician best known as the author of the Turkish National Anthem.
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E.
Hafez
Hafez was a 14th-century Persian lyric poet renowned for his ghazals, which explore themes of love, mysticism, and the divine, and remain central to Persian literature and culture.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Ottoman-era poet
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Sufi ⓘ Turkish poet ⓘ mystic ⓘ person ⓘ poet ⓘ |
| centuryOfActivity |
13th century
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14th century ⓘ |
| commemoratedBy |
Yunus Emre Institute
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Yunus Emre Year 1991 ⓘ |
| commemoratedIn | Turkey ⓘ |
| countryOfActivity | Seljuk Sultanate of Rum ⓘ |
| culturalSignificance |
iconic figure in Turkish culture
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symbol of Anatolian humanism ⓘ |
| ethnicity |
Turks
ⓘ
surface form:
Turk
|
| familyName | Emre ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| givenName | Yunus ⓘ |
| hasLegacy | foundation of Turkish mystical poetry canon ⓘ |
| influenced |
Bektashi order
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surface form:
Alevi-Bektashi poetry
Anatolian Turkish literature ⓘ Turkish Sufi thought ⓘ Turkish folk poetry ⓘ |
| language | Old Anatolian Turkish ⓘ |
| literaryTradition |
Sufi poetry
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Turkish folk literature ⓘ |
| movement |
Sufism
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surface form:
Islamic mysticism
Sufism ⓘ |
| nationality |
Seljuk Empire
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surface form:
Seljuk Turk
|
| notableWork |
Divan of Yunus Emre
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Risaletü’n-Nushiyye ⓘ |
| occupation |
dervish
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poet ⓘ |
| regionOfActivity | Anatolia ⓘ |
| religion | Islam ⓘ |
| religiousBranch | Sufism ⓘ |
| religiousOrder |
Bektashi order
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Mevleviyya ⓘ
surface form:
Mevlevi order
|
| style |
didactic poetry
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lyrical poetry ⓘ simple language ⓘ |
| theme |
brotherhood of humans
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divine love ⓘ humanism ⓘ love of God ⓘ tolerance ⓘ unity of being ⓘ |
| wroteIn |
Anatolian Turkish dialect
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vernacular Turkish ⓘ |
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Subject: Yunus Emre Description of subject: Yunus Emre was a 13th–14th century Turkish Sufi poet whose simple, heartfelt verses profoundly shaped Anatolian Turkish literature and spiritual thought.
Referenced by (7)
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