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List of Turkic-languages poets
Last updated
June 20, 2025
This is a list of
poets
writing in
Turkic languages
.
Contents
11th–12th century
13th–14th century
15th–16th century
17th–18th–19th century
20th century
21st century
See also
References
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11th–12th century
Mahmud al-Kashgari
, poet (1005–1102)
Yusuf Balasaguni
, poet (1019–1085)
Ahmad Yasawi
, poet, mystic (1093–1166)
Arslan Baba
, poet, mystic
13th–14th century
Mahmud Qırımlı
, first attested Crimean Tatar poet (c. 1200)
Yunus Emre
, poet, mystic and Dervish Sufi (1240–1320)
Izzeddin "Hasanoglu" Esfaryani
, poet, (13th - 14th centuries)
Köroğlu
, a poet of the
ashik
tradition
Kaygusuz Abdal
,
Alevi
folk poet, (1341–1444)
Kadi Burhan al-Din
, (1345–1398)
Pir Sultan Abdal
, (1480–1550)
15th–16th century
Nasimi
, (1369–1417)
Ali Şir Nevai
, poet (1441–1501)
Pir Sultan Abdal
(1480–1550)
Khatai
, (1487–1524)
Gül Baba
, (d. 1541)
Muhibbi
, (1494–1566)
Fuzûlî
, poet (1483–1556)
Babur
, poet (1483–1530)
17th–18th–19th century
Karacaoğlan
(c. 1606-c. 1680)
Aşıq Ümer
(1621–1707),
Crimean Tatar
poet-
ashik
Yusuf Nabi
(1642–1712)
Magtymguly Pyragy
(1724–1807),
Turkmen
poet, songwriter and intellectual
Kul Nesîmî
(17th century),
Alevi
-
Bektashi
poet
Ahmet Nedîm Efendi
(c. 1681–1730)
Bukhar-zhirau Kalmakanov
, poet (1693–1789)
Salauat Yulay-ulı
(1754–1800),
Bashkir
poet
Erzurumlu Emrah
, poet (1775–1854)
Dadaloğlu
, (c. 1785–c. 1868)
Aqmulla
(1831-1895), Bashkir,
Kazakh
and
Tatar
poet
Abay Qunanbayuli
, (1845–1904), poet, composer and philosopher
Əbdelqadir İnan
(1889-1976)
Əxmətzəki Əxmətşah ulı Wəlidi
(1890-1970), poet,
historian
and
turkologist
20th century
Ismail Gasprinski
,
Crimean Tatar
poet, publisher, intellectual (1851–1914)
Mirjaqip Dulatuli
(1885–1935) - poet, writer and a leader of
Alash Orda
government
Akhmet Baytursinuli
(1873–1937) - poet, writer, pedagogue and politician
Neyzen Tevfik
, poet (1879–1953)
Magzhan Zhumabayev
, poet (1893– 1938)
Yahya Kemal Beyatlı
, poet (1884–1958)
Noman Çelebicihan
,
Crimean Tatar
leader and poet (1885–1918)
Bekir Çoban-zade
,
Crimean Tatar
poet and professor of Turkic languages (1893–1937)
Faruk Nafiz Çamlıbel
, poet (1898–1973)
Nazim Hikmet Ran
, poet (1901–1963)
Ahmet Hamdi Tanpınar
, poet, novelist, essayist (1901–1962)
Ahmet Kutsi Tecer
, poet, dramatist (1901–1967)
Necip Fazıl Kısakürek
, poet, essayist (1905–1983)
Mohammad-Hossein Shahriar
, poet (1906–1988)
Ahmet Muhip Dıranas
, poet (1909–1980)
Cahit Sıtkı Tarancı
, poet (1910–1956)
Rıfat Ilgaz
, poet, writer, journalist (1911–1993)
Bedri Rahmi Eyüboğlu
, painter and poet (1913–1975)
Oktay Rıfat Horozcu
, poet (1914–1988)
Orhan Veli Kanik
, poet (1914–1950)
Melih Cevdet Anday
, poet (1915–2002)
Alykul Osmonov
, poet (1915–1950)
Âşık Veysel
,
ashik
, poet (1894–1973)
Behçet Necatigil
, poet, dramatist (1916–1979)
Ilhan Berk
, poet (1918–2008)
Necati Cumalı
, poet, dramatist (1921–2001)
Bahtiyar Vahapzade
, poet (1925–2009)
Can Yücel
, poet (1926–1999)
Ümit Yaşar Oğuzcan
, poet, author (1926–1984)
Edip Cansever
, poet (1928–1986)
Ece Ayhan Çağlar
, poet (1931–2002)
Talat Sait Halman
, poet (1931–2014)
Cemal Süreya
, poet (1931–1990)
Onat Kutlar
, writer, poet (1936–1995)
Aşık Mahzuni Şerif
,
ashik
, poet (1939–2002)
Attila Ilhan
, writer, poet, captain (1925–2005)
21st century
Abdurehim Ötkür
, poet (1923–1995)
Sabit İnce
, writer, poet (1954)
Ismet Özel
, poet (1944–)
Haydar Ergülen
, poet (1956–)
Sunay Akın
, poet, writer (1962–)
Abdurehim Heyit
, poet, singer (1962–)
Süreyya Aylin Antmen
(1981–)
See also
List of contemporary Turkish poets
List of Ottoman poets
Turkish literature
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Turkish literature
Folk
Aşık Mahzuni Şerif
Âşık Veysel
Dadaloğlu
Erzurumlu Emrah
Gevheri
Hacı Bektaş-ı Veli
Karacaoğlan
Kaygusuz Abdal
Nasreddin
Neşet Ertaş
Pir Sultan Abdal
Seyrani
Yunus Emre
Medieval and
Ottoman
Abdülhak Hâmid Tarhan
Ahdi of Baghdad
Ahmet Mithat
Ahmet Rasim
Ali Canip Yöntem
Ali Çelebi
Aşık Çelebi
Bâkî
Cenâb Şehâbeddîn
Evliya Çelebi
Fatma Aliye Topuz
Fitnat Hanım
Fuzuli
Habib Esfahani
Imadaddin Nasimi
İbrahim Şinasi
İsa Necati
Katib Çelebi
Kınalızâde Hasan Çelebi
Latifî
Mehmet Emin Yurdakul
Mercimek Ahmed
Mesihi
Mihri Hatun
Muallim Naci
Namık Kemal
Nedîm
Nef'i
Nergisî
Ömer Seyfettin
Recaizade Mahmud Ekrem
Riyazi
Samipaşazade Sezai
Sehi Bey
Şemsettin Sami
Sultan Veled
Prizrenli Suzi Çelebi
Süleyman Nazif
Şeyh Gâlib
Tâcîzâde Cafer Çelebi
Tevfik Fikret
Yahya bey Dukagjini
Yirmisekiz Mehmed Çelebi
Zafer Hanım
Ziya Pasha
Republican era
Abdülhak Şinasi Hisar
Adalet Ağaoğlu
Ahmet Altan
Ahmet Haşim
Ahmet Hamdi Tanpınar
Ahmet Muhip Dıranas
Ahmet Kutsi Tecer
Aslı Erdoğan
Attilâ İlhan
Ayfer Tunç
Ayşe Kulin
Aziz Nesin
Behçet Necatigil
Bilge Karasu
Buket Uzuner
Cahit Sıtkı Tarancı
Can Yücel
Cemal Süreya
Cemil Meriç
Cevat Şakir Kabaağaçlı
Cevdet Kudret
Ece Ayhan Çağlar
Edip Cansever
Elif Shafak
Emine Işınsu
Enis Behiç Koryürek
Ercüment Ekrem Talu
Fakir Baykurt
Faruk Nafiz Çamlıbel
Fazıl Hüsnü Dağlarca
Güven Turan
Haldun Taner
Halide Edib Adıvar
Halide Nusret Zorlutuna
Halit Fahri Ozansoy
Halid Ziya Uşaklıgil
Hüseyin Rahmi Gürpınar
İlhan Berk
İnci Aral
İsmet Özel
Kemal Bilbaşar
Kemal Tahir
Kenan Hulusi Koray
Küçük İskender
Mehmet Fuat Köprülü
Mehmet Emin Yurdakul
Melih Cevdet Anday
Memduh Şevket Esendal
Murat Gülsoy
Murathan Mungan
N. Abbas Sayar
Nâzım Hikmet
Necati Cumalı
Necip Fazıl Kısakürek
Neyzen Tevfik
Nezihe Araz
Nihal Atsız
Nihal Yeğinobalı
Nurullah Ataç
Oğuz Atay
Orhan Hançerlioğlu
Orhan Kemal
Oktay Rıfat Horozcu
Orhan Pamuk
Orhan Seyfi Orhon
Orhan Şaik Gökyay
Orhan Veli Kanık
Özdemir Asaf
Peyami Safa
Refik Halit Karay
Reşat Nuri Güntekin
Rıfat Ilgaz
Ruşen Eşref Ünaydın
Sabahattin Ali
Sabri Esat Siyavuşgil
Sait Faik Abasıyanık
Salah Birsel
Samiha Ayverdi
Samim Kocagöz
Sezai Karakoç
Suut Kemal Yetkin
Şevket Süreyya Aydemir
Tarık Buğra
Tomris Uyar
Turgut Özakman
Turgut Uyar
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Vasfi Mahir Kocatürk
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Yakup Kadri Karaosmanoğlu
Yaşar Kemal
Yaşar Nabi Nayır
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Yusuf Atılgan
Yusuf Ziya Ortaç
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