Erzurumlu Emrah (1775, Güzelyurt, Erzurum â 1854, Niksar, Tokat) was a Turkic folk poet from the Ottoman Empire. The name literally means "Emrah from Erzurum".
He took a madrasah education in Erzurum. He was interested in mysticism and adhered to the Halidi branch of Nakà Âibendi, lived in Sivas and Kastamonu for a long time. Important figures of poetic literature of the time were KaracaoÃÂlan, Atik ÃÂmer, Erzurumlu Emrah and Kayserili Aà Âñk Seyrani. Erzurumlu Emrah is believed to have died in 1854 in Niksar. His poems of the aruz were published by Erzurumlu Abdulaziz under the title Divan.
His name had led to the increase of the popularity of the given name Emrah, which was being replaced by a different transliteration, "Emre"