# 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)
* 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)

## 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)
* Nergisî, prose writer (c. 1580–1635)

## 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)