Quote by Mihri Hatun: “Love is bitter, but those who have tasted it find all else bland.”

Love is difficult and painful — yet people who have truly experienced it find that life without it is flat and colourless. The pain is not a reason to avoid it; it is evidence of how alive love makes you feel.

Mihri Hatun lived during the reign of Bayezid II, a period of relative Ottoman cultural stability following Mehmed II's aggressive expansion. She gained unusual public recognition as a poet at a time when women's literary voices were rarely acknowledged outside the household.

Ottoman Turkish poet born around 1460 in Amasya, celebrated as one of the most accomplished female poets of the classical Ottoman period. Her diwan (collected poems) explores romantic love with unusual directness for a woman of her era, and she is known for challenging the conventions that limited women's public voice.