Aşık (name)
Aşık is a Turkish male first name and family name of Arabic origin meaning "the lover". Aşık is the name of a storyteller and folk song singer who accompanies himself on a long-necked lute ( Saz ). Aşık is often adopted as a stage name or given as an honorary title.
Name bearer
Ottoman time
- Aşık Ömer (~ 1651–1707), Ottoman poet and folk singer
First name / artist name
- Aşık Çelebi (1519 / 1520–1571), Ottoman poet, chronicler and translator
- Aşık Gülabi (* 1950), Alevi-Turkish poet and folk singer
- Aşık Ali Nurşani (* 1959), Turkish poet and Alevi folk singer
- Aşık Reyhani (1932–2006), Turkish folk poet and baglama player
- Aşık Veysel (1894–1973), Turkish poet, saz player
family name
- Emre Aşık (* 1973), Turkish football player
- Metin Aşık , from 1989 to 1993 president of the Turkish sports club Fenerbahçe Istanbul
- Ömer Aşık (basketball player) (* 1986), Turkish basketball player
- Ömer Aşık (archer) (* 1991), Turkish archer