Âşık Ali İzzet Özkan (1902-1981) was a Turkish
ashik and
poet. A native of
Şarkışla, Özkan became an ashik at a young age, and went to
Adana at the age of 22 to compete with other ashiks from
Çukurova
Çukurova () or the Cilician Plain (''Cilicia Pedias'' in antiquity), is a large fertile plain in the Cilicia region of southern Turkey. The plain covers the easternmost areas of Mersin Province, southern and central Adana Province, western Osman ...
. Özkan wandered throughout
Turkey for many years and composer numerous original poems. He also participated in the festival of Turkish ashiks held in
Konya.
See also
*
List of Turkic-languages poets
This is a list of poets writing in Turkic languages.
11th–12th century
*Mahmud al-Kashgari, poet (1005–1102)
* Yusuf Balasaguni, poet (1019–1085)
*Ahmad Yasawi, poet, mystic (1093–1166)
13th–14th century
*Yunus Emre, poet, mystic and ...
References
Composers of Turkish makam music
Turkish folk poets
Ashiks
1902 births
1981 deaths
People from Şarkışla
20th-century Turkish male singers
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