Aşık Mahzuni Şerif, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Aşık Mahzuni Şerif

Turkish poet and singer

Date of Birth: 17-Nov-1940

Place of Birth: Afşin, Turkey

Date of Death: 17-May-2002

Profession: composer, singer, musician, songwriter, Ashik

Nationality: Turkey

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Serif Cirik (17 November 1939 – 17 May 2002), also known as Asik Mahzuni Serif, was a folk musician, ashik, composer, poet, and author from Turkey.Mahzuni Serif was born in Berçenek village of Afsin, Kahramanmaras, Turkey in 1940.
The word Asik preceding his name is a title used to indicate his position as a respected musician, but also indicates his affiliation with Alevism, a variety of Shi'a Islam. He became one of Turkey's best-known musical interpreters, and brought strong intellectual and social elements into Turkish folk music and folk poetry.
He died on 17 May 2002 in Porz, Köln, Germany, four days after his arrival for medical care for his heart problems.