Şeref Taşlıova

Şerafettin Taşliova (born 1938) is a Turkish storyteller in the asik bardic tradition. [1] [2] [3] [4]

Taşliova has won many prizes at bardic contests for improvised poetry and storytelling; many at international level. He has also been awarded by UNESCO. He started writing poetry around the age of ten and is widely recognised for his ability to tell epic tales, being one of the most prominent figures in the northeastern Anatolian tradition of minstrelsy,

He is a prolific published author of poetry, and has also recorded many albums of his poetry and bardic stories.

Taşliova has also had a long career in broadcasting. He makes appearances on a number of Turkish television stations, and has been making a regular radio broadcast since 1966, he has also appeared in the Michael Wood BBC documentaries In Search of the Trojan War (1985) and In the Footsteps of Alexander the Great (1997), in which he demonstrates the oral traditions of the storyteller.

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Early life

He was born in the village of Pekşeren (Gülyüzü), in the district of Çıldır in the Ardahan Province, on April 10, 1938. His name translates as "honor".

Wider recognition

In 1986, the Turkish Ministry of Culture and Tourism established a database of living folk poets, 557 âşıks were been registered in the database including Şeref Taşlıova. On the 4 July 2008 and using this database, Taşlıova was identified and nominated for UNESCO living human treasure.[5]

Albums

Books

Notes

  1. ^ "Republic of Turkey Ministry of Culture and Tourism". Kultur.gov.tr Republic of Turkey, Ministry of Culture and Tourism. http://www.kultur.gov.tr/EN/Genel/BelgeGoster.aspx?17A16AE30572D313FFB2CB2AD591CE26BEC33B5F26CD2CF1. Retrieved 2010-01-15. 
  2. ^ "Worldwide Storytellers". Crickcrackclub.com. http://www.crickcrackclub.com/CRICRACK/TELLWAF.HTM. Retrieved 2010-01-15. 
  3. ^ Bekir Karadeniz. "Şeref Taşlıova". Home.arcor.de. http://home.arcor.de/tasliova/. Retrieved 2010-01-15. 
  4. ^ "Şeref Taşlıova - Ozanlarımız". Turkuler.com. http://www.turkuler.com/ozan/sereftasliova.asp. Retrieved 2010-01-15. 
  5. ^ "Nomination for inscription on the Representative List in 2009 (Reference No. 00179). A. State party: Turkey. B. Name of element: Âşıklık (minstrelsy) tradition". Unesco. Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage , Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage , Fourth session, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, 28 September to 2 October 2009. http://www.unesco.org/culture/ich/doc/src/00179-Nomination_form.doc. Retrieved 2009-12-31.