Who was Yunus Emre?

Yunus Emre also known as Derviş Yunus (1238–1328) was a Turkish folk poet and Sufi mystic who greatly influenced Turkish culture. His name, Yunus, is the equivalent to the English name Jonah. He wrote in Old Anatolian Turkish, an early stage of Turkish. The UNESCO General Conference unanimously passed a resolution declaring 1991, the 750th anniversary of the poet's birth, International Yunus Emre Year. Yunus Emre was influenced by the founder of Alevism, Hacı Bektaş Veli, and is an important figure amongst Alevis.