Arif Şirin
Arif Şirin, commonly known as Ozan Arif (b. 10 June 1949 – d. 13 February 2019), was a Turkish male Turkish folk music artists, composer and bağlama performer, foremost known for his songs with lyrics propagating the Idealism cause.
Ozan Arif | |
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| Birth name | Arif Şirin |
| Born | June 10, 1949 Kurtbeli, Çakrak, Alucra, Giresun, Turkey |
| Died | February 13, 2019 (aged 69) Samsun, Turkey |
| Genres | Turkish folk music |
| Occupation(s) | Ashik, Folk poetry |
| Instrument(s) | Bağlama, Tar, Kopuz, Dombra |
| Years active | 1970–2019 |
Life
Şirin was born in his father's village Yükselen (Hapu) in Alucra district. By 1970, he had graduated from the Male Teacher's School in Ordu Province and worked as a primary school teacher in Samsun from 1970 to 1979.[1] Following the 1980 Turkish coup d'état, he moved to Germany where he lived until his return to Turkey in 1991. He and fellow folk singer İsmail Türüt had been on trial for a song allegedly praising the assassination of Hrant Dink. Şirin and Türüt were acquitted in December 2009.[2] Şirin died on February 13, 2019, of laryngeal cancer in Samsun Ondokuz in the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Mayıs.[3]
References
- "Ozan Arif hayatını kaybetti! (Arif Şirin kimdir?)". CNN Türk (in Turkish). February 13, 2019. Retrieved February 14, 2019.
- 'Plan Yapmayın Plan'dan beraat ettiler Archived January 24, 2013, at archive.today Vatan
- "Ozan Arif's death Shared the land in two". Retrieved February 17, 2019.