Famous People with Name Asik

Asik Veysel Satiroglu            Origin/Culture/Country: Turkish

Asik Veysel Satiroglu: also known as just Asik Veysel, was a Turkish minstrel and highly regarded poet of the Turkish folk literature. He was born in the Sivrialan village of the Sarkisla district, Sivas, on October 25, 1894 and died on March 21, 1973. He was an ashik, a poet, songwriter, and a baglama and saz virtuoso, the prominent representative of the Anatolian ashik tradition in the 20th century. He was blind for the most of his lifetime. His songs have usually sad tunes, often talking about inevitability of death.

Asik Mahzuni Serif            Origin/Culture/Country: Turkish

Asik Mahzuni Serif: also known as Mahsuni Serif, was a Turkish folk musician, ashik, composer, poet, and author.Mahzuni Serif was born in Berçenek village of Afsin, Kahramanmaras, Turkey in 1940.[2] [3]. The word Asik preceding his name is a title used to indicate his position as a respected musician, but also indicates his affiliation with the Alevi variety of Shi'a Islam.

Ömer Faruk Asik            Origin/Culture/Country: Turkish

Ömer Faruk Asik: is a Turkish professional basketball player of Fenerbahçe Ülker. The powerful and athletic center is 7'0" tall (2.13 m), 255 lb (116 kg) and he wore the number 6 with Alpella and now the number 24 with Fenerbahçe Ülker.