Tatar Literature
Tatar literature ( tt-Cyrl, татар әдебиет) consists of literature in the Tatar language, a Turkic languages, Turkic language spoken in the Republic of Tatarstan in Russia. Tatar literature is a part of Tatar people, Tatar society and has been part of Tatar history since the existence of a Tatar state. Famous Tatar poets include Kasim Bikkulov, Ğabdulla Tuqay, and Näqi İsänbät. History Tatar literature started nearly one thousand years ago. The most famous piece of early Tatar literature is The Story of Yusuf by Qol Ghali. Grammar of the Tatar literary language was different from standard Tatar as it had more Persian language, Persian, Arabic language, Arabic, and Old Turkic words and during the Russian invasion of Tatarstan and occupation, Tatar poets still used the Arabic script even though it was banned by the Russian Empire, Russian authorities. Tatars also used literature for their religion, Islam. In the 18th century, Kazakh people, Kazakh poet, Abay K ...
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