Yunus Emre also known as Derviş Yûnus (1238–1328)
was a Turkish folk poet and Islamic Sufi mystic who greatly influenced three cultures. He wrote in Old Anatolian Turkish. His name, Yûnus, is the Arabic equivalent to the English name Jonah. The UNESCO General Conference unanimously passed a resolution declaring 1991 the 750th anniversary of the poet's birth, International Yunus Emre Year.
