# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/hac-arif-bey
# Generated: 2026-08-14T16:23:30.036Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/hac-arif-bey"
name: "Hacı Arif Bey"
slug: "hac-arif-bey"
description: "Haci Arif Bey (1831–1885) was a Turkish composer from Istanbul, most known for his compositions in the şarkı form, the most common secular form in Turkish classical music. He was a very prolific composer, who on some days, composed\nmore than six or seven songs. From his third wife Nigârnik Hanım he has four great-grandchildren; Turkish diplomat Reha Aytaman, Şira Arıkoğlu, Okşan Aytaman and Murat Aytaman."
tagline: "Turkish musician and lyricist (1831–1885)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Hac%C4%B1_%C3%82rif_Bey_-_t%C3%BCrkischer_Komponist.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Turkey"
  isoCode: "TR"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1831"
deathDate: "1885-01-28"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           42.68
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.884810666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/1056371"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AD%D8%AC%D9%8A_%D8%B9%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%81_%D8%A8%D9%83"
    title: "حجي عارف بك"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AD%D8%AC%D9%89_%D8%B9%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%81_%D8%A8%D9%83"
    title: "حجى عارف بك"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hac%C4%B1_Arif_Bey"
    title: "Hacı Arif Bey"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hac%C4%B1_Arif_Bey"
    title: "Hacı Arif Bey"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hac%C4%B1_Arif_Bey"
    title: "Hacı Arif Bey"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A5%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%B6%D0%B8_%D0%90%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%84-%D0%B1%D0%B5%D0%B9"
    title: "Хаджи Ариф-бей"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hac%C4%B1_Arif_Bey"
    title: "Hacı Arif Bey"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/353b905e-b996-4914-aa82-af856da5c2ca"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1567295"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump