Şeref Taşlıova
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Şerafettin Taşliova is a Turkish storyteller in the asik bardic tradition.
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.
in the Ardahan Province
, on April 10, 1938. His name translates as "honor".
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
In Search of the Trojan War
In Search of the Trojan War is a 1985 6-part British TV documentary series written and presented by Michael Wood. It examines the extent to which historical and archeological evidence matches with the tale of the Trojan War as recounted by Homer in The Iliad.-Episodes:*Episode 1: The Age of...
(1985) and In the Footsteps of Alexander the Great (1997), in which he demonstrates the oral traditions of the storyteller.
Early life
He was born in the village of Pekşeren (Gülyüzü), in the district of ÇıldırÇildir
- Names :Çıldır is also called , Hiusisean; , Chrdili; , Childyr.- Background :The large Lake Çıldır in the district is an important haven for bird life....
in the Ardahan Province
Ardahan Province
Ardahan Province is a province in the far north-east of Turkey, at the very end of the country, where Turkey borders with Georgia . The provincial capital is the city of Ardahan.- Geography :...
, on April 10, 1938. His name translates as "honor".