Yunus Emre

Yunus Emre

male
tekerlemeler, Sultan Veled, Ahmet Yesevi, Book of Dede Korkut, Battle of Köse Dag, Turkishfolkliterature…Anatolian folk poetry, Seljuk Turkish, Turkish folk poet, turkish language, turkish
Yunus Emre was a Turkish poet and Sufi mystic. He has exercised an immense influence on Turkish literature, from his own day until the present....

Aşık Veysel Şatıroğlu

male, deceased (1973)
ashik, Songwriter, Şarkışla, Aşık Veysel, Turkishfolkliterature, baglama…turkish, Turkish folk poet
Aşık Veysel Şatıroğlu, also known as just Aşık Veysel, was a Turkish minstrel and highly regarded poet of the Turkish folk literature. He was bor...
Battal Gazi

Battal Gazi

male, deceased (740)
Muslim, umayyad, Saint, prophet, islam, arab…Turkish literature, Turkish culture, Turkishfolkliterature
Battal Gazi or "Sidi" or "Seyyid" Battal Ghazi was a Muslim, most likely Arab, saintly figure and warrior based in Anatolia (associated primarily...
Vartan Pasha

Vartan Pasha

male, deceased (1879)
pasha, writer, turkish language, armenian, journalist, Austrian…turkish, Turkishfolkliterature
Vartan Pasha (Hovsep Vartanian or Osep Vartanian) was an Ottoman Armenian statesman, author and journalist of the 19th century, promoted to the...