List of Turkish writers

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

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

A

• İhsan Oktay Anar, novelist, story writer (born 1960)
• 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)
• Munejjim-bashi 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)
• Nurullah Ataç, writer, poet and literary critic (1898–1957)
• Meltem Arıkan, novelist and playwright (born 1968)
• Yusuf Atılgan, novelist, short story writer and playwright (1921–1989)
• Doğan Avcıoğlu, journalist, politician (1926–1983)
• Şevket Süreyya Aydemir, historian, economist (1897–1976)
• Behçet Aysan, physician and poet (1949-1993)
• 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)
• Asım Bezirci, critic, writer and poet (1927-1993)
• 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 (1931–2002), poet
• Semih Çalışkan (born 1986), novelist

D

• Fazıl Hüsnü Dağlarca, poet (1914–2008)
• Radi Dikici, historian (1937-2021)
• Ahmet Muhip Dıranas, poet and playwright (1909–1980)
• Sulhi Dölek, satirist (1948–2005)

E

• Erzurumlu Emrah (1775–1854), folk poet
• Ercüment Ekrem Talu (1886–1956), humorist, journalist
• Refik Erduran (1928–2017), playwright, journalist and writer
• Mehmet Akif Ersoy (1873–1936), poet, scholar, writer of the Turkish National Anthem

F

• Fitnat Hanım (died in 1780), poet

G

• Müjdat Gezen, theatre actor and writer (born 1943)
• Ziya Gökalp, sociologist, poet, political activist (1876–1924)
• Reşat Nuri Güntekin, novelist, storywriter and playwright (1889–1956)
• Osman Necmi Gürmen, novelist
• Hüseyin Rahmi Gürpınar, writer and politician (1864–1944)
• Deniz Goran, novelist (born 1974)

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, teacher, writer and poet (1911–1993)

İ

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

K

• Orhan Veli Kanık, poet (1914–1950)
• Ceyhun Atuf Kansu, poet, author (1919–1978)
• Yakup Kadri Karaosmanoğlu, novelist, journalist, poet (1889–1974)
• Orhan Kemal, novelist (1914–1970)
• Yahya Kemal, poet, author, politician and diplomat (1884–1958)
• Yaşar Kemal, writer and human rights activist (1923–2015)
• Necip Fazıl Kısakürek, poet, novelist, playwright (1904–1983)
• Mehmet Fuat Köprülü, historian (1890–1966)
• Ayşe Kulin, novelist and columnist (born 1941)
• Pınar Kür, novelist, dramatist, and translator (1943–2025)

M

• Aşık Mahzuni Şerif, folk musician, ashik, poet, composer (1940–2002)
• Murathan Mungan, novelist, short story writer, poet, playwright (born 1955)
• Emre Miyasoğlu, essayist and dramatist (born 1981)

N

• Aziz Nesin, novelist, humorist, playwright, poet, short story writer (1915–1995)
• Nedîm, poet (1681–1730)
• Nef'i, poet and satirist (1572–1635)
• Nergisî, prose writer (c. 1580–1635)

O

• Celil Oker, crime fiction writer (1952–2019)
• 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, journalist, columnist and novelist (1899–1961)

Ş

• Elif Şafak, author, columnist, speaker and academic (born 1971)

T

• Kemal Tahir, novelist and intellectual (1910–1973)
• Haldun Taner, playwright and short story writer (1915–1986)
• Ercüment Ekrem Talu, writer, humorist and a journalist (1886–1956)
• Ahmet Hamdi Tanpınar, poet, novelist, literary scholar and essayist (1901–1962)
• Fatma Aliye Topuz, novelist, columnist, essayist (1862–1936)

V

• Vedat Türkali, screenwriter, playwright, novelist (1919–2016)

Y

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

Z

• Halide Nusret Zorlutuna, poet and novelist (1901–1984)

See also

• List of Turkish short story writers
• List of Turkish women writers

External links

• Türk Dili ve Edebiyatı Ansiklopedisi Dergâh Yayınevi
• YKY Tanzimat'tan Bugüne Edebiyatçılar Ansiklopedisi