Ömer Şükrü Asan (born May 28, 1961) is a Turkish
folklorist
Folklore studies, less often known as folkloristics, and occasionally tradition studies or folk life studies in the United Kingdom, is the branch of anthropology devoted to the study of folklore. This term, along with its synonyms, gained currenc ...
, photographer and writer.
In 2002, he was charged with allegations that he violated Article 8 of Turkey's Anti-Terror Law by "propagandating separatism" for his book ''
Pontos Kültürü
''Pontos Kültürü'' or ''Pontos Culture'' is a 1996 book by Turkish author Ömer Asan about the pontic Greek Muslims of Trabzon Province.
''Pontos Kültürü'' documents Asan's ethnographic fieldwork in his native village Çoruk (Τσορούκ ...
''. In 2003, Article 8 was abolished, and Asan was acquitted as a result.
His articles, stories and research studies have been published in ''
Radikal,'' ''Sabah'' and ''
Milliyet
''Milliyet'' ( Turkish for "''nationality''") is a Turkish daily newspaper published in Istanbul, Turkey.
History and profile
''Milliyet'' came to publishing life at the Nuri Akça press in Babıali, Istanbul as a daily private newspaper on 3 ...
'' newspapers, Gezi, Yaşasın Edebiyat, Adam Öykü and Kafkasya Yazıları, Sky Life.
Asan was born in
Trabzon,
Turkey.
Publications
*''
Pontos Kültürü
''Pontos Kültürü'' or ''Pontos Culture'' is a 1996 book by Turkish author Ömer Asan about the pontic Greek Muslims of Trabzon Province.
''Pontos Kültürü'' documents Asan's ethnographic fieldwork in his native village Çoruk (Τσορούκ ...
'' (1996), in Turkish,
*''
Hasan İzzettin Dinamo'' (2000), biography
*''Niko'nun
kemençe
Kemenche ( tr, kemençe) or Lyra is a name used for various types of stringed bowed musical instruments originating in the Eastern Mediterranean, particularly in Armenia, Greece, Iran, Turkey, and Azerbaijan. and regions adjacent to the Black ...
si'' (2005), short stories
Awards
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Abdi İpekçi, Peace and Friendship Award presented by Turkish-Greek Friendship Association for his article published in Milliyet newspaper.
See also
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Pontic language
Pontic Greek ( pnt, Ποντιακόν λαλίαν, or ; el, Ποντιακή διάλεκτος, ; tr, Rumca) is a variety of Modern Greek indigenous to the Pontus region on the southern shores of the Black Sea, northeastern Anatolia, ...
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Trabzon
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Pontian Greeks
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Greek Muslims
References
External links
Trabzon Greek: A language without a tongue
1961 births
People from Trabzon
Living people
Turkish culture
Turkish writers
Turkish photographers
Folklorists
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