Emre

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A Turkish name meaning medieval bard or poet (the word actually means "deeply in love"). Yunus Emre is the best known of those bards. The name become very popular in the 1980s in Turkey because it was purely Turkish.

[edit] Notable people with this name

• Emre Kongar - a Professor of Sociology, published author and columnist for the Turkish daily newspaper, Cumhuriyet.
• Emre Şen - one of the biggest Turkish pianists

• Emre Altuğ - a Turkish musician.
• Yunus Emre - a 13th century Turkish Dervish and poet.
• Taptuk Emre - a saint in the legend of Yunus Emre

• Speedy Emre - a saint in the legend of physiology
• Emre Belözoğlu - a Premiership football player, currently playing for Newcastle United F.C..