What is Pir Sultan Abdal?
'''Pir Sultan Abdal''' (ca. 1480 - 1550) was an [[Alevit]] [[poet]]. Alevits are the members of the Alevitism, a faith community in Islam. He lived in [[Turkey]] and wrote his poems in [[turkish language|Turkish]]. In his poems, he used a direct and clear [[language]]. The richness of his thoughts and the beauty of his writing made him very [[Popularity|popular]] to the [[Turkic peoples|Turks]] and [[Kurdish People|Kurds]] and also the members of the [[Suni]] sect of Islam. Pir Sultan Abdal wrote about the [[society|social]], [[culture|cultural]] and religious life of the people. He was a [[humanism|humanist]], and wrote about [[love]], [[peace]], death and [[God]]. He was also [[rebellion|rebellious]] against [[Ottoman Empire]]. == Poetry == {| ![[Turkish language|Turkish]]<ref>[http://www.turkishclass.com/poem_204 Turkishclass.com - Poem 204]</ref> !&nbsp;!![[English language|English]] |- |Dostun bahçesine bir hoyrat girmiş<br> Korudur hey benli dilber korudur<br> Gülünü dererken dalını kırmış<br> Kurudur hey benli dilber kurudur Şu meydanda serilidir postumuz<br> Çok şükür Mevlâ'ya gördük dostumuz<br> Bir gün kara toprak bürür üstümüz<br> Çürütür hey benli dilber çürütür Kendisi okur da kendisi yazar<br> Hak hilâl kaşına eylemiş nazar<br> Senin akranların cennette gezer<br> Hürüdür hey benli dilber hürüdür Hangi dinde isen ona tapayım<br> Yarın mahşer günü bile kopayım<br> Eğil bir yol ak gerdandan öpeyim<br> Beri dur hey benli dilber beri dur Pîr Sultan Abdal'ım başından başlar<br> İyisini yer de kemini taşlar<br> Bin çiçekten bir kovana bal işler<br> Arıdır hey benli dilber arıdır |width=40|&nbsp; |To the garden of my love there came an evil louder<br> The shrubs now lie there, my fair one, shrubs lie<br> While gathering the roses, he broke their stems to moulder<br> They are all dry, my fair one, they are all dry. We've spread our prayer hide all over this place<br> We saw our dearest one to Holy God in grace<br> One day, all of us will come into the Earth's embrace<br> We'll putrefy, my fair one, we'