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Arif Şirin

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Ozan Arif
Birth nameArif Şirin
Born(1949-06-10)June 10, 1949
Alucra, Turkey
DiedFebruary 13, 2019(2019-02-13) (aged 69)
Samsun, Turkey
GenresTurkish folk music
OccupationMusician
Instrument(s)Singing, Bağlama
Years active1970–2019

Arif Şirin, commonly known as Ozan Arif ("Arif the Bard"; June 10, 1949 – February 13, 2019), was a Turkish lyricist, composer, singer, and bağlama performer, foremost known for his songs with lyrics propagating the Turkish nationalist cause.

Life

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Şirin was born in his father's village Yükselen (Hapu) in Alucra district. By 1970, he had graduated from the Male Teacher's School in Ordu Province and worked as a primary school teacher in Samsun from 1970 to 1979.[1] Following the 1980 Turkish coup d'état, he moved to Germany where he lived until his return to Turkey in 1991.[citation needed]

He and fellow folk singer İsmail Türüt had been on trial for a song allegedly praising the assassination of Hrant Dink. Şirin and Türüt were acquitted in December 2009.[2]

Şirin died on February 13, 2019 in the hospital of Faculty of Medicine of Ondokuz Mayıs University of throat cancer.[3]

References

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  1. ^ "Ozan Arif hayatını kaybetti! (Arif Şirin kimdir?)". CNN Türk (in Turkish). February 13, 2019. Retrieved February 14, 2019.
  2. ^ 'Plan Yapmayın Plan'dan beraat ettiler Archived January 24, 2013, at archive.today Vatan
  3. ^ "Ozan Arif's death Shared the land in two". Retrieved February 17, 2019.
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