Asik Veysel

Asik Veysel’ s Life:

Asik Veysel [Satiroglu] was born in may of 1894 in Sivrialan village, in Sarkisla county of Sivas province. Up until the age of seven, Veysel ran, played, laughed. Shortly after that, a smallpox epidemic threw his village into terror, and struck Veysel along with his two brothers. Like many young children of the village, his two brothers succumbed to the merciless disease. Veysel lost his left eye.



When Veysel’s father discovered his son's passion for poetry, the saz, and language, he had a baglama made for him. Veysel took his first saz lessons from the master saz players of his village. Molla Hüseyin and Çamsihili Ali Aga. Many years passed and Veysel grew into a young man, married and had children. After a long life with many struggles, he became ill with cancer and passed on on March 21, 1973.



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