Erzurumlu Emrah Explained

Erzurumlu Emrah (1775, Güzelyurt, Erzurum – 1854, Niksar, Tokat) was a Turkic^[1] folk poet from the Ottoman Empire.

Life

He took a madrasah education in Erzurum. He was interested in mysticism and adhered to the Halidi branch of Nakşibendi, lived in Sivas and Kastamonu for a long time. Important figures of poetic literature of the time were Karacaoğlan, Atik Ömer, Erzurumlu Emrah and Kayserili Aşık Seyrani. Erzurumlu Emrah is believed to have died in 1854 in Niksar. His poems of the aruz were published by Erzurumlu Abdulaziz under the title Divan.^[2]

See also

• Turkish folk literature

External links

• Erzurumlu Emrah, Ministry of Culture in Turkey

Notes and References

1. http://www.tk.org.tr/index.php/TK/article/viewFile/288/281 Erzurumlu Emrah Literature Museum Library
2. http://librarycatalog.bilkent.edu.tr/client/en_GB/university/search/detailnonmodal/ent:$002f$002fSD_ILS$002f297$002fSD_ILS:297039/ada;jsessionid=F4A09216235D718B83D22EBE9D9399AE?qu=Köprülüzade%2C+Mehmet+Fuat.&qf=SUBJECT%09Subject%09Poets%2C+Turkish+--+17th+century+--+Biography.%09Poets%2C+Turkish+--+17th+century+--+Biography.&ic=true&ps=300 Erzurumlu Emrah : XIXncu asır sazşairlerinden