Aşık Veysel Meslek Yüksekokulu (en. ''Vocational High School of Aşık Veysel'') is a higher education provider vocational school in

Şarkışla Şarkışla is a town in the Central Anatolian Sivas Province of Turkey. It is the seat of Şarkışla District.Sivas Province Sivas Province () is a province of Turkey. It is located in the eastern part of the Central Anatolia region of Turkey. Its area is 28,164 km2 (the second largest province after Konya), and its population is 634,924 (2022). Its adjacent prov ...

in Turkey. It was established in 1994, and affiliated to

Sivas Cumhuriyet University Sivas Cumhuriyet University () is a public university established in the Sivas Province of Turkey in 1973 at the 50th anniversary of Republic of Turkey. The main campus of the university is located away from Sivas city center, settled in an are ...

. The school was named after the folk poet

Aşık Veysel 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 ...

. It serves approximately over 700 students every year.

Address

Yıldırım neighbourhood district, Hospital Street, 58400 Şarkışla/Sivas

Transport

Âşık Veysel Vocational School is located right across the Şarkışla State Hospital.

Departments

* Banks and insurance companies, * Financial management, * Office management, * Child development, * Pharmacy services, * Public relations, * Veterinary laboratory.

Research areas

Practice-based research is given importance in the school, e.g. studies on poultry have made important contributions in this field. Furtherly studies have been made about "Attitude for Plastic Wastes and Recycling". However, there are also studies based on theoretical or historical data. Important studies have been made on the accounting system of Sumerians.

Student Dormitory

There is a state dormitory consisting of 4 blocks.

Events

A commemorate ceremony for folk poet Aşık Veysel is held every year on March 21, the anniversary of the poet's death. Students are transported to Sivrialan village by vehicles. The students sing his songs in choir. It has become a tradition to cut a cake and sing folk songs in the school building on Aşık Veysel's birthday.

International cooperation

A commemoration was held every year for Turkish-based Dutch painter (died in 2012). Students from Denmark's Marselisborg Gymnasium visited the school in March 2010."se1 i Tyrkiet"
- School Newspaper, Marselisborg Gymnasium, 2010, Page: 12-14

Sources

* Cumhuriyet Üniversitesi - 2018 yılı faaliyet raporu /

Cumhuriyet University Sivas Cumhuriyet University () is a public university established in the Sivas Province of Turkey in 1973 at the 50th anniversary of Republic of Turkey. The main campus of the university is located away from Sivas city center, settled in an are ...

- 2018 annual activity report (Turkish) * Aşık Veysel Meslek Yüksekokulu Tanıtım Broşürü / Aşık Veysel Vocational School Publicity Brochure, 2019 (Turkish)