Âşık Veysel Şatıroğlu, Turkish poet and songwriter (died 1973)

Âşık Veysel

Turkish poet (1894–1973)

Âşık Veysel 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. Blind since the age of 7, Veysel's songs were typically melancholic, and dealt with a range of themes revolving around…