Âşık Veysel, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Âşık Veysel

Turkish minstrel and highly regarded poet

Date of Birth: 25-Oct-1894

Place of Birth: Şarkışla, Turkey

Date of Death: 21-Mar-1973

Profession: composer, poet, singer, musician, songwriter

Nationality: Turkey

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Âsik Veysel (born Veysel Satiroglu; 25 October 1894 – 21 March 1973) was a Turkish ashik and highly regarded poet of the Turkish folk literature.
He was born in the Sivrialan village of the Sarkisla district, in the province of Sivas.
He was an ashik, poet, songwriter, and a baglama virtuoso, the prominent representative of the Anatolian ashik tradition in the 20th century.
He was blind for most of his lifetime.
His songs are usually sad tunes, often dealing with the inevitability of death.
However, Veysel used a wide range of themes for his lyrics; based on morals, values, and constant questioning on issues such as love, care, beliefs, and how he saw the world as a blind man.