Aşık Veysel is being commemorated in the 125th anniversary of his birth through photography exhibitions and concerts.

Within the context of the festivities to be held on November 4, 2019 at the concert hall of Presidential Symphony Orchestra in Ankara in cooperation with Yunus Emre Institute and the Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany in Ankara, a photography exhibition featuring personal collections of the grandchildren of Aşık Veysel will be unveiled and a concert entitled "Veysel," whose art director is Uğur Işık, will be given.

In the exhibition curated by Aşık Veysel's grandchildren Nazender Süzer Gökçe and Gürsel Gökçe, the photographs from Ara Güler, Fikret Otyam, Ergun Çağatay, İsa Çelik, Mustafa Türkyılmaz, Ozan Sağdıç and other famous photographers as well as the photographs from the archives of Anadolu Agency will be put on display at the foyer of the Presidential Symphony Orchestra.

The exhibition will be followed by the concert "Veysel," in which Cengiz Özkan, Gül Yazıcı, Ferruh Avni Yarkın, Mustafa Doğan Dikmen and Umut Sel will perform the songs composed by Aşık Veysel, and Marion Erdmann, the wife of Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany to Ankara Martin Erdmann, recite Aşık Veysel's poems.