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Âşık Veysel

1894 - 1973

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Âşık Veysel (born Veysel Şatıroğlu; 25 October 1894 – 21 March 1973) was a Turkish Alevi ashik and highly regarded poet of the Turkish folk literature. He was born in the Sivrialan village of the Şarkışla district, in the province of Sivas. He was an ashik, poet, songwriter, and a bağlama virtuoso, the prominent representative of the Anatolian ashik tradition in the 20th century. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Âşık Veysel has received more than 89,732 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Âşık Veysel is the 693rd most popular musician (up from 712th in 2019), the 684th most popular biography from Türkiye (up from 813th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Musician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 90k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 53.60

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.53

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.99

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Over the past year Âşık Veysel has had the most page views in the with 448,000 views, followed by English (19,124), and German (10,470). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Armenian (107.91%), Zazaki (50.62%), and Turkish (35.63%)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Âşık Veysel ranks 693 out of 3,175. Before him are Frans Brüggen, The Edge, Scotty Moore, Yoshiki, Richard Galliano, and Ricardo Viñes. After him are Lee Morgan, Rufus Wainwright, Steve Lukather, Heinrich Wilhelm Ernst, Louis Prima, and Hide.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1894, Âşık Veysel ranks 117. Before him are David Butler, Henry Hazlitt, Eduard Wagner, Pavel Rybalko, Riad Al Solh, and E. C. Segar. After him are Warren Weaver, Frans G. Bengtsson, Saken Seifullin, Varvara Stepanova, Elvira Popescu, and Augustín Malár. Among people deceased in 1973, Âşık Veysel ranks 121. Before him are Salchak Toka, Mirra Alfassa, Karel Ančerl, Robert Watson-Watt, Henry Darger, and Johannes Aavik. After him are Grigori Kozintsev, Vilhelm Moberg, Alexander Vandegrift, Elisa Leonida Zamfirescu, Nikolay Kamov, and Archduchess Isabella of Austria.

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In Türkiye

Among people born in Türkiye, Âşık Veysel ranks 684 out of 1,347. Before him are Diodorus of Tarsus (400), Ayşe Sultan (1887), Haluk Bilginer (1954), Constantine Lascaris (1434), Ahmet Ertegun (1923), and Metin Oktay (1936). After him are Necip Fazıl Kısakürek (1904), Dorotheus of Tyre (255), Henri Langlois (1914), John Komnenos (1015), Theodore Balsamon (1140), and Ara Güler (1928).

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Among MUSICIANS In Türkiye

Among musicians born in Türkiye, Âşık Veysel ranks 5. Before him are Barış Manço (1943), Joe Strummer (1952), İdil Biret (1941), and Ahmet Ertegun (1923). After him are Orhan Gencebay (1944), Arif Mardin (1932), Selda Bağcan (1948), Fazıl Say (1970), Arto Tunçboyacıyan (1957), Şehrazat (1952), and Şebnem Ferah (1972).

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