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{{Short description|A mystic of Anatolia and mentor of popular folk poet Yunus Emre}}
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| era                = [[Anatolian beyliks]]
| name               = Tapduk Emre
| native_name        = تابدوك امره
| native_name_lang   = otm
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| birth_date         = 1210-1215
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| death_date         = ?
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| father             =
| period             = 13th century
| known_for          = Guide of [[Yunus Emre]], the popular folk poet of [[Anatolia]]
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| influences         = [[Barak Baba]], [[Haji Bektash Veli]]
| influenced         = [[Yunus Emre]]
| religion           = [[Islam]]
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{{Sunni Islam|collapsed=1}}
{{Sufism|collapsed=1}}
'''Taptuk Emre''' (b. 1210-1215 - d. ?), a [[Turkmens|Turkmen]] mystic and [[Sufism|Sufi]] [[Sheikh (Sufism)|shaykh]] from amongst the [[Khorasani Turks|Khorasani]] [[Wali|saints]], and the mentor/[[murshid]] of [[Yunus Emre]]. He was from [[Greater Khorasan|Khorasan]] and came to [[Anatolia]] during the reign of [[Genghis Khan]] to spread the Bektashi style of the [[Qur'an]] and the [[Ahl al-Bayt]] creed,{{citation needed|date=August 2022}} that is, the belief in [[Muhammad]] and the [[Twelve Imams]]. He is thought to have been born between 1210 and 1215. Many sources point out that he was a Babai-Haydari [[dervish]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=TAPDUK EMRE |url=https://islamansiklopedisi.org.tr/tapduk-emre |access-date=2022-08-24 |website=TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi |language=tr}}</ref> He is the successor of Barak Baba, but [[Bektashi Order|Bektashis]] claim he was the successor of [[Haji Bektash Veli]]. It is said that Hacı Bektaş-ı Veli left the job of raising Yunus Emre to Taptuk Emre. Starting with Tapduk Emre, the existence of a community of followers of Tapduk has been encountered in Anatolia. Dervish Yunus, who carried wood to Taptuk Emre's [[dergah]] in [[Nallıhan]] for forty years, is regarded as one of the greatest [[bards]]/poets raised by the [[ascetic]]s of Anatolia.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Yunus Emre {{!}} Turkish poet {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Yunus-Emre |access-date=2022-10-27 |website=www.britannica.com |language=en}}</ref>
Although the exact location of Tapduk Emre's grave has not been determined, there are tombs claimed to belong to Tapduk Emre in [[Eskişehir]], [[Nevşehir]] (Hacıbektaş district), [[Manisa]], [[Aksaray]] and [[Afyonkarahisar]].
== Meaning of the name ==
The word Tapduk is a name that also existed in pre-Islamic Turkish communities. Tapduk is a mythical hero in Turkish and [[Altai people|Altai]] mythology. It is also called Tapdik (Taptik, Taptuk). He is the legendary hero who is believed to have descended from the sky to cleanse the evil beings.<ref>Türk Söylence Sözlüğü, Deniz Karakurt, Türkiye, 2011, [[:tr:T%C3%BCrk S%C3%B6ylence S%C3%B6zl%C3%BC%C4%9F%C3%BC|(OTRS: CC BY-SA 3.0)]] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131107003235/https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/T%C3%BCrk_S%C3%B6ylence_S%C3%B6zl%C3%BC%C4%9F%C3%BC |tarih=7 Kasım 2013 }}</ref> According to many opinions, it is possible that the name of Tapduk Emre, who was the sheikh of Yunus Emre, comes from here. In fact, some researchers argue that Tapduk Emre is not a historical personality, but that this ancient legendary hero was adapted to Yunus Emre's life story by folk culture and social memory. According to Celal Beydili, the meaning of the name Tapduk means "found by chance" (the [[Azerbaijani language|Azeri]] word "to worship" means to find),<ref>Türk Mitolojisi Ansiklopedik Sözlük, Celal Beydili, Yurt Yayınevi</ref> and it is related to the motif of a child found by a Divine power. It is accepted that the word Emre is related to the concept of İmre. ''Amramak/Emremek/Imremek'' means “falling in love” and the word Emre means “lover of God“.<ref>Büyük Larousse, Milliyet Gazetesi Yayınları, Cilt-7, "Emre"</ref>
== Popular culture ==
Tapduk Emre was played by [[Payidar Tüfekçioğlu]] in the 2015-2016 Turkish TV series ''[[Yunus Emre: Aşkın Yolculuğu]]'' (''Yunus Emre: The Path of Love'').<ref>{{Citation |title=Yunus Emre |date=2015-06-18 |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4833638/ |type=Biography, History |publisher=Tekden Film, Turkish Radio & Television (TRT) |access-date=2022-08-24}}</ref>
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