Yunus Emre (Turkish pronunciation: [juːˈnus emˈɾe]), also known as Derviş Yûnus (Yûnus the Dervish; 1238–1320; Old Anatolian Turkish: يونس امره), was a Turkish folk poet and Sufi who greatly influenced Turkish culture. The UNESCO General Conference unanimously passed a resolution declaring 1991, the 750th anniversary of the poet's birth, International Yunus Emre Year.
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Yunusemre is a municipality and district of Manisa Province, Turkey. Its area is 823 km, and its population is 266,514 (2022). It covers the western part of the agglomeration of Manisa and the adjacent countryside.
The district Yunusemre was created at the 2013 reorganisation from part of the former central district of Manisa Province, along with the new district Şehzadeler. Its name refers to Yunus Emre, a Turkish poet of the 13th and 14th centuries.