Aşıq Ümer was a Crimean Tatar medieval poet of ashik, and is one of the most famous representatives of the Turkic-speaking ashik poetry in general. Ashik poetry is a special kind of literary oeuvre, the representatives of which — folk poets-singers — accompany their performances with playing the string-plucked musical instrument bağlama. Hence another name for this poetry — "bağlama poetry".
