Abstract:

Annemarie Schimmel is a prolific academician known for her works on world religions, philosophy, biography and literature, in the East and the West. She also made studies, especially in the field of Sufism, that have con-tributed the tradition of Sufi thought to be read from an objective perspective by Western researchers and to be reevaluated as the focus of attention. She published some familiar works in this field such as Mystische Dimension des Islam that can be considered as the history of sufism, Ich bin Wind du bist Feuer in which Mevlânâ Celâleddin Rûmî`s mystical views are examined, Sufismus: Eine Einführung in die islamische Mystik as an introduction to Sufism and Al-Halladsch: Märtyrer der Gottesliebe: Leben und Legende where the life of Halladch is explained. Schimmel translated Yunus Emre poetries into German in her book titled ‘’Ausgewählte Gedichte von Yunus Emre.’’ Furthermore, Schimmel’s work Wanderungen mit Yunus Emre, discusses Yunus Emre's mystical views by employing the method of narration, and examines some of his poetries, which is a study that can be classified in connection with the Sufi culture in Anatolia. Based on Schimmel’s examination and remarks, this article signifies Yunus Emre’s ideas and perspective and mystic Islamic culture in Anatolia during the 13th and 14th century.

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