Arif Şirin

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| name = Ozan Arif

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| birth_name = Arif Şirin

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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1949|6|10}}

| birth_place = Alucra, Giresun Province, Turkey

| death_date = {{Death date and age|2019|2|13|1949|6|10}}

| death_place = Samsun Province, Turkey

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| instrument = Singing, Bağlama

| genre = Turkish folk music

| occupation = Musician, Poet, Composer, Baglama virtuoso, Folk poetry, Ashik, Teacher

| years_active = 1970–2019

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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.{{Cite web|url=https://www.cnnturk.com/turkiye/ozan-arif-kimdir-iste-unlu-ismin-hayati|title=Ozan Arif hayatını kaybetti! (Arif Şirin kimdir?)|date=13 February 2019|website=CNN Türk|language=tr|access-date=14 February 2019}} Following the 1980 Turkish coup d'état, he moved to Germany where he lived until his return to Turkey in 1991.{{Citation needed|date=February 2019}}

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.[http://w9.gazetevatan.com/haberdetay.asp?tarih=30.12.2009&Newsid=278901&Categoryid=1 'Plan Yapmayın Plan'dan beraat ettiler] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20130124011336/http://w9.gazetevatan.com/haberdetay.asp?tarih=30.12.2009&Newsid=278901&Categoryid=1 |date=January 24, 2013 }} Vatan

Şirin died on February 13, 2019 in the hospital of Faculty of Medicine of Ondokuz Mayıs University of laryngeal cancer.{{Cite web|url=https://vaaju.com/turkeyeng/ozan-arifs-death-shared-the-land-in-two/|title=Ozan Arif's death Shared the land in two|language=en-US|access-date=2019-02-17}}