death_date death_place birth_place background birth_date genre article_title name occupation
1881 İstanbul , turkey Şarkışla , turkey non_performing_personnel 1802 ottoman classical music turkish makam music Âşık ali İzzet Özkan
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Âşık ali İzzet Özkan

Âşık ali İzzet Özkan -lrb- 1802-1881 -rrb- was a turkish minstrel .
a native of Şarkışla , Özkan became an âşık at a young age , and went to adana at the age of 22 to compete with other âşıks from Çukurova .
Özkan wandered throughout turkey for many years and said countless -lrb- original -rrb- poems .
Özkan participated in the festival of turkish âşıks held in konya .
