Erzurumlu Emrah (1775, Güzelyurt, Erzurum – 1854, Niksar, Tokat) was a Turkic[1] folk poet from the Ottoman Empire.
Leben
editHe 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]
El çek tabib el çek yaram üstünden |
Get your hand away from my wound, doctor! |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Erzurumlu Emrah Literature Museum Library, Nesim İbrahimhakkıoğlu (Turkish Librarians)
- ^ Erzurumlu Emrah : XIXncu asır sazşairlerinden, Bilkent University Library
External links
edit- Erzurumlu Emrah, Ministry of Culture in Turkey