Aşık Ömer

Aşık Ömer (* probably 1651 ; † probably 1707 ) was a Turkish poet and folk singer . There are conflicting traditions about his date and place of birth. The version that he was born in 1651 in the village of Gezleve, Konya Province comes closest to the truth. Aşık Ömer did not receive a regular school education. He was taught by a poet named Serifî. Aşık Ömer was the Persian extent powerful that the divan of Hafez could read.

As a soldier he lived in border fortresses, took part in wars against the Russians, Austrians and Venetians and wrote poems about the campaigns of Sultan Mehmed IV , Ahmed II and Mustafa II. From other works it is clear that he was Istanbul , Bursa , Varna , Chios , Sinop and Baghdad . In the 17th century, Aşık Ömer was one of the most popular folk song singers alongside Gevheri and Karacaoğlan . More than 2000 poems by him have survived. In Tekkes his poems were sung as İlahis .

Individual evidence

^ Stanford J. Shaw: History of the Ottoman Empire and Modern Turkey. Volume 1, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 1976, p. 292
↑ Suraiya Faroqhi: The Cambridge History of Turkey: The later Ottoman Empire, 1603-1839. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 2006, p. 501

literature

İslâm Ansiklopedisi , sv ÂŞIK ÖMER

Web links

Commons : Aşıq Ümer - collection of images, videos and audio files

personal data
SURNAME	Ömer, Aşık
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Turkish poet and folk singer
DATE OF BIRTH	uncertain: 1651
DATE OF DEATH	uncertain: 1707

[1] Stanford J. Shaw: History of the Ottoman Empire and Modern Turkey. Volume 1, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 1976, p. 292

[2] Suraiya Faroqhi: The Cambridge History of Turkey: The later Ottoman Empire, 1603-1839. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 2006, p. 501