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Yunus Emre

1240 - 1321

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Yunus Emre (Turkish pronunciation: [juːˈnus emˈɾe]), also known as Derviş Yûnus (Yûnus the Dervish) (1238–1320) (Old Anatolian Turkish: يونس امره), was a Turkish folk poet and Sufi who greatly influenced Turkish culture. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Yunus Emre has received more than 855,937 page views. His biography is available in 44 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 39 in 2019). Yunus Emre is the 353rd most popular writer (up from 433rd in 2019), the 144th most popular biography from Türkiye (up from 198th in 2019) and the 8th most popular Turkish Writer.

Yunus Emre is most famous for his poems.

Memorability Metrics

  • 860k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 69.17

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 44

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.16

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.03

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

The city of the heart
Literary Criticism
1992
Les chants du pauvre Yunus
Das Kummerrad =
1986
Yunus Emre divâni
1990
Yunus Emre
1963
Yûnus Emre dı̂vânı
1997
Yunus Emre dı̂vanı̂
1972
Yunus Emre
Translations into English, Turkish poetry, Translations from Turkish
1963
Yunus Emre divanı
1943
Yunus Emre'den Secmeler
2008
Diván
2002
Yunus Emre dı̂vanı̂
1972
The city of the heart
Translations into English, Spiritual life
1992
Yunus Emre
Translations into English, Turkish poetry, Translations from Turkish
1963
Yunus Emre divanı
1943
Yunus Emre'den Secmeler
2008
Diván
2002
The city of the heart
Translations into English, Spiritual life
1992
Yunus Emre
Translations into English, Turkish poetry, Translations from Turkish
1963
Yunus Emre divanı
1943
Yunus Emre dı̂vanı̂
1972
Diván
2002
Yunus Emre'den Secmeler
2008
The city of the heart
Translations into English, Spiritual life
1992

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Yunus Emre ranks 353 out of 7,302. Before him are Max Brod, Karl May, Ezra Pound, Joseph Brodsky, Ken Follett, and Louise Glück. After him are Ahmad Yasawi, Herta Müller, Mikhail Lermontov, Simonides of Ceos, James Fenimore Cooper, and Jorge Amado.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1240, Yunus Emre ranks 3. Before him are Pope Benedict XI, and Cimabue. After him are Arnolfo di Cambio, Arnaldus de Villa Nova, Henry VI, Count of Luxembourg, Abraham Abulafia, Magnus III of Sweden, Boetius of Dacia, Siger of Brabant, Emperor Duzong, and Pietro Cavallini. Among people deceased in 1321, Yunus Emre ranks 2. Before him is Dante Alighieri. After him are Stefan Milutin, Matthew III Csák, Birger, King of Sweden, María de Molina, and Ibn al-Banna' al-Marrakushi.

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In Türkiye

Among people born in Türkiye, Yunus Emre ranks 144 out of 1,347. Before him are Fethullah Gülen (1941), Alaeddin Pasha (1250), Saint Nino (296), Al-Battani (858), Thecla (100), and Nikephoros II Phokas (912). After him are Apollonius of Tyana (15), Nabonidus (-555), John II Komnenos (1087), Constantine IX Monomachos (1000), Marcion of Sinope (85), and Michael VII Doukas (1050).

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Among WRITERS In Türkiye

Among writers born in Türkiye, Yunus Emre ranks 8. Before him are Lucian (120), Orhan Pamuk (1952), Constantine VII (905), Anacreon (-570), Anna Komnene (1083), and Dionysius of Halicarnassus (-60). After him are Ammianus Marcellinus (330), Giorgos Seferis (1900), Aratus (-315), Theodore the Studite (759), André Chénier (1762), and Novatian (220).

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