FALL 2012 A BILINGUAL MEVLID: Süleyman Çelebi’s masterpiece in Greek and Turkish Recognized as a classic of Turkish literature, Vesilet’ün Necat, or more commonly known as Mevlid-i Şerif is a long poem commemorating the birth of the Prophet Muhammed written in Turkish in 1409 by Süleyman Çelebi (1351-1422) in Bursa. It is often […]