▁far ming ▁populations ▁of ▁Asia ▁Minor ▁and ▁the ▁A yd ı n ▁area ▁in ▁particular . ▁In ▁Turkish , ▁kö ro ğ lu ▁means ▁“ the ▁son ▁of ▁the ▁blind ▁man ” ▁and ▁the ▁reference ▁is ▁to ▁a ▁famous ▁trou bad our ▁whose ▁reputation ▁spread ▁from ▁Asia ▁Minor ▁as ▁far ▁as ▁the ▁C au cas us , ▁Pers ia , ▁and ▁Central ▁Asia . ▁According ▁to ▁folk ▁trad itions ▁and ▁a ▁famous ▁ep ic ▁narr ative ▁song ▁also ▁called ▁“ K or og lu ” ▁( poss ibly ▁d ating ▁from ▁the ▁six teenth ▁century ), ▁the ▁hero ▁was ▁a ▁kind ▁of ▁Robin ▁H ood ▁figure ▁who ▁opposed ▁the ▁rich ▁and ▁the ▁authorities ▁and ▁helped ▁the ▁poor . ▁He ▁thus ▁assumed ▁hero ic ▁proport ions ▁in ▁the ▁popular ▁mind , ▁although ▁it ▁is ▁not ▁possible ▁to ▁identify ▁him ▁with ▁any ▁specific ▁historical ▁person age . ▁▁ ▁The ▁legend ary ▁figure ▁of ▁K ior og lu ▁took ▁on ▁flesh ▁and ▁blood ▁( to ▁some ▁extent ) ▁in ▁the ▁tw enti eth ▁century ▁in ▁the ▁person ▁of ▁the ▁ze ï m bek is ▁ Ç ak ı r cal ı ▁Me h met ▁E fe ▁( 1 8 7 2 – 1 9 1 2 ), ▁better ▁known ▁as ▁ Ç ak ı c ı . ▁The ▁length y ▁s ung ▁narr ative ▁of ▁Kor og lu ▁is ▁particularly ▁closely ▁associated ▁with ▁the ▁Ash ik , ▁the ▁it iner ant ▁sing ers ▁of ▁Asia ▁Minor . ▁A part ▁from ▁the ▁instrument al ▁form ▁in ▁which