As?k veysel biography
- Asik Veysel (Veysel Satiroglu) is among the minstrels of the Republican era.
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| Âşık Veysel (Turkish: [aːˈʃɯk vejˈsæl]; born Veysel Şatıroğlu (Turkish: [ʃaːˈtɯɾ.oːɫu]); 25 October 1894 – 21 March 1973) was a Turkish Alevi ashik, bağlama virtuoso, and folk poet. | |
| Âşık Veysel was a Turkish Alevi ashik, bağlama virtuoso, and folk poet. |
- A book of collected works edited by U. Y. Oguzcan was also published in 1973 which includes his biography and articles written about him and his poetry.
- Âşık Veysel () The Friends Still Remember You His life “I came to this world in three hundred and ten” Veysel Şatıroğlu was born in in Sivrialan Village of Sivas, District of Şarkışla.
- Turkey on Thursday remembered Asik Veysel, one of its most prominent early 20th-century folk poets and singers, who passed away 46 years ago today.
Aşık Veysel: Life devoted to Anatolian minstrel tradition of bards
Turkish folk literature's highly regarded poet Aşık Veysel was honored at the Loyalty Award of Presidential Culture and Arts Grand Awards on Sunday as the prominent representative of the Anatolian minstrel tradition of the 20th century, influencing every walk of life with his unique universal art that touches each world citizen's heart.
Somehow, the poverty, suffering and unfortunate events that he encountered throughout his life contributed to his affective art of words, as his poems were translated into many languages. Even American electric guitar virtuoso Joe Satriani included an instrumental piece he composed himself called "Aşık Veysel" in his 2008 album.
He was born in a village that consisted of 50 residents called Sivrialan in central Türkiye's Sivas in 1894. Living there until his late juvenile years, he was a son of a family that engaged in agriculture and animal husbandry. Yet the regi