Aşıq Ümer
Crimean Tatar poet (1621–1707)
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Aşıq Ümer (1621–1707) was a Crimean Tatar medieval poet of ashik and is one of the most famous representatives of the Turkic-speaking ashik poetry in general. Ashik poetry (Crimean Tatar: aşıq; lit. 'the person in love') is a special kind of literary oeuvre, the representatives of which – folk poets-singers – accompany their performances with playing the string-plucked musical instrument bağlama. Hence another name for this poetry – "bağlama poetry".
(now Yevpatoria, Crimea)
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Statue of Aşıq Ümer in Yevpatoria | |
| Born | 1621 Kezlev, Crimean Khanate (now Yevpatoria, Crimea) |
| Died | 1707 (aged 85–86) |
| Pen name | Aşıq Ümer, Ümer Kezlevli |
| Nationality | Crimean Tatar |
| Citizenship | Crimean Khanate |
| Genre | ashik poetry, bağlama poetry, ghazal, rubaʿi |
| Subject | mystical content, soldier's theme |
He wrote mainly lyric poems (on mystical content and related to a soldier's theme) in the forms of Turkic folk poetry. Aşıq Ümer is also an author of poems that are traditional for classical oriental poetry – ghazals, rubaʿi etcetera. He greatly influenced the later poets-improvisers (ashiks).[1][2]
