AKRA Kültür Sanat ve Edebiyat Dergisi

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Folk minstrelsy, which goes back to pre-Islamic age's poetry, has been

named as '' minstrel'' since the end of 15th century. The folkway of minstrelsy, with the

improvements and changes from 16th century to our day, has brought in a lot of names

into our literature, such as Karacaoglan, Ercisli, Emrah, Asık Omer, Gevheri, Dadaloglu,

Senlik, Ruhsati and Murat Cobanoglu. One of these important names is also Asık Veysel.

In this article, we have tried to determine Asık Veysel's status whose most poems

have been composed and sung in the form of turku and songs. As is known, there are

some practices among the minstrels from the past to present. Having been accepted by

the majority, these practices have created a minstrelsy tradition. This tradition includes

minstrelsy, saz playing, being renamed(mahlas), wine drinking, falling in love after a dream,

mentor system, minstrels encounters / duets, leb-degmez (which is a cultural and

challenging way of performing a song with a needle between the lips that does not allow

one to touch his lips while singing-InTurkish language, the letters are b,f,p,m,v that do not allow the lips to touch one another.), asking for unknown, determining dates and '' ı said -

he said. '' Asık Veysel's artistry, when looking into these aspects, one can see his observance

of playing the saz, being renamed, mentor system (partly), determining dates, whereas

he fails to comply with not drinking wine from the Father's hand, lebdegmez, unknown

, duets and '' ı said- he said '' style poem telling.