Aşık is Turkish for Ashik, a traditional musician and troubadour Aşık is a Turkish name. Notable people with the name include:

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* Aşık Çelebi (1520–1572), Ottoman biographer, poet, and translator *

Âşık İbretî Hıdır Gürel (1920 – 5 November 1976), better known by his pen name Âşık İbretî, was a Turkish ashik, poet and folk singer. His pen name means "the Exemplary Ashik". His poems were written in the tradition of Turkish Alevi folk poetry. Â ...

(1920–1976), Turkish ashik, poet and folk singer *

Aşık Khanlar Khanlar Maharramov ( az, Xanlar Məhərrəmov; 1950, Tovuz – 1998, Baku Baku (, ; az, Bakı ) is the capital and largest city of Azerbaijan, as well as the largest city on the Caspian Sea and of the Caucasus region. Baku is located be ...

(1950–1998), Azerbaijani ashik *

Âşık Ali İzzet Özkan 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. Özkan wandered throughout Turkey ...

(1902–1981), Turkish minstrel *

Aşık Mahzuni Şerif Şerif Cırık, popularly known as Aşık Mahsuni Şerif, was a Turkish ashik, folk musician, composer, poet, and author.

(1939—2002), Turkish folk musician *

Âşık Veysel Şatıroğlu An ashik ( az, aşıq, ; tr, âşık; fa, عاشیق) or ashugh ( hy, աշուղ; ka, აშუღი) is traditionally a singer-poet and bard who accompanies his song—be it a dastan (traditional epic story, also known as '' hikay ...

(1894–1973), Turkish minstrel and poet *

Aşik Sümmani An ashik ( az, aşıq, ; tr, âşık; fa, عاشیق) or ashugh ( hy, աշուղ; ka, აშუღი) is traditionally a singer-poet and bard who accompanies his song—be it a dastan (traditional epic story, also known as '' hikay ...

(1861–1915), Turkish ashik

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* Ašik-paša Zade (1400–1484), Ottoman historian *

Emre Aşık Emre Aşık (born 13 December 1973) is a Turkish former international footballer. He played centre-back for several clubs in the Turkish Süper Lig, most notably, Galatasaray. Aşık began his career with Sönmez Filamentspor in the TFF Third Le ...

(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

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