List of Turkish writers
This is a list of Turkish writers who are Ottoman or Turkish nationals and who write in Turkish language.
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)
 - 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 (1931–2002), poet
 - Semih Çalışkan (born 1986), novelist
 
D
    
- Fazıl Hüsnü Dağlarca, poet (1914–2008)
 - 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)
 
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)
 
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)
 
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, 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)
 
References
    
External links
    
- Türk Dili ve Edebiyatı Ansiklopedisi Dergâh Yayınevi
 - YKY Tanzimat'tan Bugüne Edebiyatçılar Ansiklopedisi
 
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