Aşık Explained

Aşık is Turkish for Ashik, a traditional musician and troubadour

Aşık is a Turkish name. Notable people with the name include:

Given name

• Aşık Çelebi (1520–1572), Ottoman biographer, poet, and translator
• Âşık İbretî (1920–1976), Turkish ashik, poet and folk singer
• Aşık Khanlar (1950–1998), Azerbaijani ashik
• Âşık Ali İzzet Özkan (1902–1981), Turkish minstrel
• Aşık Mahzuni Şerif (1939–2002), Turkish folk musician
• Âşık Veysel Şatıroğlu (1894–1973), Turkish minstrel and poet
• Aşik Sümmani (1861–1915), Turkish ashik

Surname

• Ašik-paša Zade (1400–1484), Ottoman historian
• Elif Beyza Aşık (born 1994), Turkish sports shooter
• Emre Aşık (born 1973), Turkish footballer
• Eyüp Aşık (born 1953), Turkish politician
• Ömer Aşık (born 1986), Turkish basketball player
• Ömer Aşık (archer) (born 1991), Turkish Paralympian archer

See also

• Asik (disambiguation)