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Ozan Arif
Person · male · Turkey · Terme · born 1949 · died 2019
Turkish lyricist, composer, singer, bağlama performer
Also known as Arif Şirin
Timeline
2 events◦ Birth 1† Death 1
1940s
2010s
Biography
English biography154 words · 3 sectionssource: wikipedia-en · licence CC BY-SA 4.0 · revision 1361840297
Biography
Arif Şirin, commonly known as Ozan Arif ("Arif the Bard"; June 10, 1949 – February 13, 2019), was a Turkish male folk music artist, poet, composer, songwriter and bağlama performer and teacher foremost known for his songs with lyrics propagating the Idealist cause and Alparslan Türkeş.
Life
Ozan Arif 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. Following the 1980 Turkish coup d'état, he moved to Germany where he lived until his return to Turkey in 1991.
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.
Death
Şirin died on February 13, 2019 in the hospital of Faculty of Medicine of Ondokuz Mayıs University of laryngeal cancer.
Discography & profile
Normalised profile
Percentiles are computed over every artist in the database, so a tier-3 artist can still sit in the 95th percentile on a single axis.
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 9 | 54.3th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 2 | 75.7th |
| Studio albums | 1 | 76th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 2 | 62.1th |
| Recording span (years) | — | no data |
| Genres | 0 | 0th |
Percentiles are computed at render time; missing values mean the artist has no data on that axis.
Discography (2 release groups · 1 studio albums)
Albums · 1
— · studio album
Search SpotifySearch YouTube Music
Tracklist · 12 tracks · 1:00:47
1Selam4:562Size Asigim3:043Herkes Bilmeli4:404Gözün Aydin Türkiye5:265Sevdami Istiyorum3:316Yeter Artik2:417Dolduk Be!6:198Tadi Yok3:019Bana Sor9:0810Karar Milletin7:0311Baskalik Vardi2:3612Yolundayiz8:22
Other · 1
| Cover | Year | Title | Notes | First release |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | Ak mı Kara mıSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 11 tracks · 56:541sizden vazgecmem4:08 2oyle ozledim2:44 3adam tanirdim3:16 4akkara14:40 5adam degilmis3:34 6yetis imdada5:58 7kahve3:00 8lider saniyor3:10 9kimlik6:06 10kormusun7:14 11bu vatan3:04 | — |
Stats & PK
Percentile within all 23,672 published artists.Put Ozan Arif head-to-head →
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 9 | 54.3th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 2 | 75.7th |
| Studio albums | 1 | 76th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 2 | 62.1th |
| Recording span (years) | — | no data |
| Genres | 0 | 0th |
Awards & honours
Where this record comes from
aliases/urls—musicbrainz · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://musicbrainz.org/artist/411f418d-1242-4e26-beb8-d50ec51e6d0ediscography—musicbrainz · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://musicbrainz.org/artist/411f418d-1242-4e26-beb8-d50ec51e6d0ecore—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q335401seed-list—wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arif_%C5%9Eirinbiography—wikipedia-en · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arif_%C5%9Eirin
Why this artist is in the database
- List of Turkish musicians
Tier rule: curated genre/region list
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Wikidata: Q335401 · MusicBrainz: 411f418d-1242-4e26-beb8-d50ec51e6d0e
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