List of Turkish writers

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This is a list of Turkish writers who are Ottoman or Turkish nationals and who write in Turkish language.

A

• Sait Faik Abasıyanık, short story writer, novelist, poet (1906–1954)
• Halide Edib Adıvar, novelist, scholar politician (1884–1964)
• Agah Efendi, journalist (1832–1885)
• Adalet Ağaoğlu, novelist and playwright (born 1929)
• Süreyya Ağaoğlu, lawyer (1903–1989)
• Zeynep Ahunbay, scholar (born 1946)
• Müneccimbaşı Ahmed Dede, courtier, poet, historian (died 1702)
• Ahmed Vefik Pasha, translator, playwright, statesman, dictionary writer, diplomat of Greek origin (1823–1891)
• Hikmet Temel Akarsu, novelist, short story writer, playwright, satirist (born 1960)
• Gülten Akın, poet (1933–2015)
• Alev Alatlı, economist, philosopher, novelist, columnist (born 1944)
• Sabahattin Ali, novelist, short story writer, poet, journalist (1903–1948)
• Melih Cevdet Anday, poet (1915–2002)
• Nezihe Araz, playwright, journalist, poet (1920–2009)
• Duygu Asena, journalist, women's rights activist (1946–2006)
• Meltem Arıkan, novelist and playwright (born 1968)
• Yusuf Atılgan, novelist, short story writer and playwright (1921–1989)
• Şevket Süreyya Aydemir, historian, economist (1897–1976)
• Samiha Ayverdi, Sufi mystic (1905–1993)

B

• Vecihi Başarın, historian (born 1947)
• Pelin Batu, actress, poet, historian (born 1978)
• Enis Batur, poet, essayist, novelist, editor (born 1952)
• Ataol Behramoğlu, poet, essayist, translator (born 1942)
• Nazan Bekiroğlu, novelist (born 1957)
• İlhan Berk, poet (1918–2008)
• Aydın Boysan, architect, scholar, essayist (born 1921)
• Rıza Tevfik Bölükbaşı, philosopher, poet, politician (1869–1949)
• Sevim Burak, playwright, poet (1931–1983)
• Coşkun Büktel, playwright, screenwriter, novelist, critic (born 1950)

C

• Edip Cansever, poet (1928–1986)
• Abdullah Cevdet, poet, philosopher, translator (1869–1932)

Ç

• Ece Ayhan Çağlar, poet (1931–2002)

D

• Fazıl Hüsnü Dağlarca, poet (1914–2008)
• Ahmet Muhip Dıranas, poet and playwright (1909–1980)

E

• Erzurumlu Emrah, folk poet (1775–1854)
• Mehmet Akif Ersoy, poet, scholar, writer of the Turkish National Anthem (1873–1936)

F

• Fitnat Hanım (died in 1780), poet

G

• Ziya Gökalp, sociologist, poet, political activist (1876–1924)
• Reşat Nuri Güntekin
• Hüseyin Rahmi Gürpınar

H

• Kınalızâde Hasan Çelebi, poet and bibliographer (1546–1604)
• Ahmet Haşim, poet (1884–1933)
• Nazım Hikmet, poet, playwright, novelist, screenwriter, director (1902–1963)
• Abdülhak Şinasi Hisar, novelist and biographer (1887–1963)
• Oktay Rıfat Horozcu, poet and playwright (1914–1988)

I

• Rıfat Ilgaz

İ

• Attilâ İlhan, poet, novelist, journalist, essayist, reviewer (1925–2005)

K

• Orhan Veli Kanık, poet (1914–1950)
• Yakup Kadri Karaosmanoğlu, novelist, journalist, poet (1889–1974)
• Orhan Kemal
• Yahya Kemal
• Yaşar Kemal
• Necip Fazıl Kısakürek, poet, novelist, playwright (1904–1983)
• Mehmet Fuat Köprülü, historian (1890–1966)
• Ayşe Kulin, novelist and columnist (born 1941)

M

• Aşık Mahzuni Şerif, folk musician, ashik, poet, composer (1940–2002)
• Murathan Mungan, novelist, short story writer, poet, playwright (born 1955)

N

• Aziz Nesin, novelist, humorist, playwright, poet, short story writer (1915–1995)
• Nedîm, poet (1681–1730)
• Nef'i, poet and satirist (1572–1635)

Ö

• İsmet Özel, poet (born 1944)

P

• Orhan Pamuk, novelist, screenwriter, scholar, Nobel laureate in Literature (born 1952)
• Pir Sultan Abdal, poet (c. 1480–1550)

S

• Peyami Safa

Ş

• Elif Şafak

T

• Kemal Tahir
• Haldun Taner, playwright and short story writer (1915–1986)
• Ahmet Hamdi Tanpınar
• Fatma Aliye Topuz, novelist, columnist, essayist (1862–1936)

Y

• Yunus Emre, poet and mystic (1238–1320)
• Mehmet Emin Yurdakul, poet (1869–1944)

Z

• Halide Nusret Zorlutuna

External links

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