Poetry

Philosophy

Yunus Emre – Mystic poet, philosopher, lover and a friend of the Absolute

Written by Pinar Karaman Kaan There is no written recorded information about Yunus Emre’s life and only his poems survive but it is generally agreed that he lived between 1240 and 1320. He was born in Sarikoy, a village by the Sakarya River, Anatolia, now modern-day Turkey. He lost his father at an