Aşıq Ümer: Biography, Facts and Career
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Aşıq Ümer (1621–1707) was a Crimean Tatar medieval poet of ashik and is one of the most famous representatives of the Turkic-speaking ashik poetry in general. Ashik poetry (Crimean Tatar: aşıq; lit. 'the person in love') is a special kind of literary oeuvre, the representatives of which – folk poets-singers – accompany their performances with playing the string-plucked musical instrument bağlama. Hence another name for this poetry – "bağlama poetry". He wrote mainly lyric poems (on mystical content and related to a soldier's theme) in the forms of Turkic folk poetry. Aşıq Ümer is also an author of poems that are traditional for classical oriental poetry – ghazals, rubaʿi etcetera. He greatly influenced the later poets-improvisers (ashiks).
Quick facts about Aşıq Ümer
- Full name: Aşıq Ümer
- Born: 1621-01-01
- Nationality: Ottoman Empire
- Known as: Musician
- Wikidata ID: Q794825
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Who is Aşıq Ümer?
Aşıq Ümer (1621–1707) was a Crimean Tatar medieval poet of ashik and is one of the most famous representatives of the Turkic-speaking ashik poetry in general.
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Aşıq Ümer is Ottoman Empire.
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Aşıq Ümer was born on 1621-01-01.
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