Turkish literature
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Turkish literature comprises oral compositions and written texts in the Turkish language. The Ottoman form of Turkish, which forms the basis of much of the written corpus, was highly influenced by Per
An aşık performing in Anatolia, from an 18th-century Western engraving
An Ottoman garden party, with poet, guest, and cup-bearer; from the 16th-century Dîvân-ı Bâkî
A page from Nava'i's diwan. From the library of Suleiman the Magnificent.
Fuzûlî (1483?–1556), a Divan poet of Azerbaijani origin
Imadaddin Nasimi
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Seyid Ali Imadaddin Nasimi, commonly known as simply Nasimi, was a 14th- and 15th-century Hurufi poet who composed poetry in his native Azerbaijani, as well as Persian and Arabic languages. He is rega
Depiction by Mikayil Abdullayev, 1973
View of Aleppo, where Nasimi spent the later years of his life and where he was executed and buried
Pages from the Azerbaijani dīvān of Nasimi
Azerbaijani stamp commemorating the 650th anniversary of Nasimi's birth, 2019