Ahmet Yakut
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Ahmet Yakut was a Turkish
poet and Sufi
mystic
who lived in a village near Diyarbakır
in the 20th century. He exercised an immense influence on Turkish literature, from his own day until the present.
Turkey
Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...
poet and Sufi
Sufism
Sufism or ' is defined by its adherents as the inner, mystical dimension of Islam. A practitioner of this tradition is generally known as a '...
mystic
Mysticism
Mysticism is the knowledge of, and especially the personal experience of, states of consciousness, i.e. levels of being, beyond normal human perception, including experience and even communion with a supreme being.-Classical origins:...
who lived in a village near Diyarbakır
Diyarbakır
Diyarbakır is one of the largest cities in southeastern Turkey...
in the 20th century. He exercised an immense influence on Turkish literature, from his own day until the present.