Aşik Mahzuni Şerif

Şerif Cırık, popularly known as Aşık Mahsuni Şerif, was a Turkish ashik, folk musician, composer, poet, and author.Hem Kızılbaş, hem Aleviyim Aşık is a title used to indicate his position as a respected musician and his relationship with Alevism.
Mahsuni Şerif was born in the Berçenek village of Afşin, Kahramanmaraş, Turkey in 1939. His mother's name is Döndü, his father's name is Zeynel Cırık. There was no primary school in his village, Berçenek. Instead, he studied the... more