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Âşık Veysel

1894 - 1973

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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. He was born and died in the village of Sivrialan, Sivas Province, in the Ottoman Empire (later Turkey). Blind since the age of 7, Veysel's songs were typically melancholic, and dealt with a range of themes revolving around morality, love, faith, life and death, patriotism, nature, and his own perception of the world as a blind man. Veysel is considered one of the most prominent icons of Turkish folk music and literature. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Âşık Veysel is the 950th most popular musician (down from 693rd in 2019), the 944th most popular biography from Türkiye (down from 833rd in 2019) and the 7th most popular Turkish Musician.

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Âşık Veysel ranks 950 out of 3,175. Before him are Jean-Baptiste Arban, Willie Dixon, T-Bone Walker, Ignaz Brüll, Teddy Wilson, and Layne Staley. After him are Benny Benassi, Arvīds Jansons, John Norum, Karl Bartos, Peter Maxwell Davies, and Svend Asmussen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1894, Âşık Veysel ranks 142. Before him are Vicente Rojo Lluch, Willem Schermerhorn, Mae Marsh, Norma Talmadge, Gunnar Sköld, and Paul Dessau. After him are Jean Rostand, Tibor Déry, Oskar Maria Graf, Nicolas Slonimsky, Alfred Berger, and Christian Schad. Among people deceased in 1973, Âşık Veysel ranks 148. Before him are Dean Corll, Eleazar López Contreras, Sergei Tumansky, Günther Pancke, Paul Kletzki, and Louis St. Laurent. After him are Alina Szapocznikow, Ira Sprague Bowen, Paavo Talvela, Alexander Mosolov, Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt, and Mikhail Isakovsky.

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In Türkiye

Among people born in Türkiye, Âşık Veysel ranks 944 out of 1,347. Before him are Mari Beyleryan (1877), İbrahim Şinasi (1826), Hypatius of Gangra (300), Mkrtich Khrimian (1820), Köprülüzade Numan Pasha (1670), and Öküz Mehmed Pasha (1557). After him are Jacob of Nisibis (300), Arctinus of Miletus (-800), Sosipatra (-400), Victor and Corona (null), Nikephoros Blemmydes (1197), and Serhat (1964).

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Among MUSICIANS In Türkiye

Among musicians born in Türkiye, Âşık Veysel ranks 7. Before him are Ahmet Ertegun (1923), Joe Strummer (1952), Barış Manço (1943), İdil Biret (1941), Ayla Erduran (1934), and Orhan Gencebay (1944). After him are Selda Bağcan (1948), Arif Mardin (1932), Fazıl Say (1970), Arto Tunçboyacıyan (1957), Şehrazat (1952), and Şebnem Ferah (1972).

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