Yunus Emre “Art of Being Perfect Man”

In Sufism and other mystical currents, man in his normal state is man in name only. He resembles a treadmill pony whose eyes are blinkered against reality. Reality is hidden inside man in the depths of the heart.

I struggled a lot

I searched earth and sky

I found it nowhere

I found it in man.

What Yunus Emre found after a thousand and one efforts was a seed to be cared for and nourished that is only found within oneself. It is the real self inside man which makes him a man, real and complete.

Knowledge is knowing

Knowledge is knowing yourself

This documentary, “Yunus Emre”, attempts to illuminate the issue of “knowing yourself” which is the centre of Sufism and all great mystic traditions.

This documentary is for those who are searching for unknown.

Director – Semra Sander

Producer – Semra Sander

Written – Semra Sander

Camera – Erol Yazıcı

Edited – Sibel Tekin

Narrator – Mehmet Atay

Original Music – Can Atilla

Translation and English narration – Andrew Daventry

Cast – Meryem Bayar, Levent KÖYLÜ

Advisor – Teoman İlhami GÜRE

Production Assistant – Elif ACAY

Produced by TRT