Erzurumlu Emrah (1775, Güzelyurt, Erzurum – 1854, Niksar, Tokat) was a TurkicErzurumlu Emrah Literature Museum Library, Nesim İbrahimhakkıoğlu (Turkish Librarians) folk poet from the Ottoman Empire. The name literally means "Emrah from Erzurum".
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.Erzurumlu Emrah : XIXncu asır sazşairlerinden, Bilkent University Library
Influence His name had led to the increase of the popularity of the given name Emrah, which was being replaced by a different transliteration, "Emre"Emrah nisanyanadlar.com
See also Turkish folk literature
References
External links Erzurumlu Emrah, Ministry of Culture in Turkey