# List of Turkish women writers

This is a list of Turkish women writers who are Ottoman or Turkish nationals and who write in Turkish language.
* A
* B
* C
* D
* E
* F
* G
* H
* I
* J
* K
* L
* M
* N
* O
* P
* Q
* R
* S
* T
* U
* V
* W
* X
* Y
* Z

## A

* Halide Edib Adıvar (1884–1964), novelist, nationalist, feminist
* Adalet Ağaoğlu (1929–2020), prominent novelist, playwright, essayist, memoirist, short story writer
* Süreyya Ağaoğlu (1903–1989), lawyer, non-fiction writer
* Zeynep Ahunbay (born 1946), educator, works on preservation of cultural heritage
* Gülten Akın (1933–2015), influential poet, playwright, works widely translated
* Seza Kutlar Aksoy (born 1945), children's writer
* Alev Alatlı (born 1944), best selling novelist, economist, columnist, playwright, translator
* Süreyya Aylin Antmen (born 1981), poet, essayist
* Nezihe Araz (1920–2009), religious writer, journalist
* Meltem Arıkan (born 1968), novelist, playwright, columnist
* Ayşe Arman (born 1969), journalist, columnist
* Duygu Asena (1946–2006), journalist, best selling non-fiction author on women's rights
* Aydilge, full name Aydilge Sarp (born 1979), poet, songwriter, short story writer
* Samiha Ayverdi (1905–1993), novelist, mystic

## B

* Oya Baydar (born 1940), sociologist, novelist
* Nazan Bekiroğlu (born 1957), novelist, essayist
* Seyla Benhabib (born 1950), Turkish-American philosopher, non-fiction writer, biographer
* Üstün Bilgen-Reinart (born 1947), Turkish-born Canadian journalist, non-fiction writer
* Sevim Burak (1931–1983), novelist, playwright, letter writer

## C

* Peride Celal (1916–2013), novelist, short story writer
* Hasibe Çerko (born 1971), storyteller, philosopher
* Fethiye Çetin (born 1950), lawyer, human rights activist, novelist
* Muazzez İlmiye Çığ (1914–2024), archaeologist, works on Sumerian and Middle-Eastern civilization
* Zehra Çırak (born 1960), Turkish-born German poet, short story writer
* Nuriye Ulviye Mevlan Civelek (1893–1964) journalist and magazine owner
* Alev Croutier (born c. 1945), Turkish-born American novelist, non-fiction writer, screenwriter

## D

* Suat Derviş (1904 oder 1905–1972), Turkish female novelist, journalist, and political activist
* Güzin Dino (1910–2013), non-fiction writer, translator of Turkish works into French
* Nurduran Duman (born 1974), poet, essayist, translator

## E

* Aslı Erdoğan (born 1967), novelist, human rights activist, columnist, some works translated into English

## F

* Fitnat Hanım (18th century), early poet
* Füruzan (born 1932), pen name of Füruzan Yerdelen (born 1932), short story writer, novelist, screenwriter

## G

* Nilüfer Göle (born 1953), sociologist, non-fiction writer
* Aysel Gürel (1929–2008), lyricist, actress, author of many Turkish popular songs
* Azmiye Hami Güven (1904–1954), novelist

## K

* Yadé Kara (born 1965), Turkish-born German-language novelist
* Suzan Emine Kaube (born 1942), Turkish-born German-language novelist, poet
* Rabia Kazan (born 1976), journalist, feminist, television host
* Birhan Keskin (born 1963), poet
* Ayşe Kulin (born 1941), popular novelist, short story writer, columnist, several works translated into English
* İsmet Kür (1916–2013), educator, journalist, columnist and writer of mainly children's literature

## L

* Nuray Lale (born 1962), novelist, translator

## M

* Perihan Mağden (born 1960), novelist, journalist, columnist, several works translated into English
* Nilgün Marmara (1958–1987), poet, some poems translated into English
* Nuray Mert (born 1960), journalist, educator, television presenter
* Nezihe Muhiddin (1889–1958), journalist, novelist, politician, feminist
* Lale Müldür (born 1956), influential poet, novelist, columnist

## N

* Nigâr Hanım (1856–1918), major poet, playwright, memoirist

## O

* Birgül Oğuz (born 1981), novelist
* Meral Okay (1959–2012), actress, screenwriter
* Sevin Okyay (born 1942), journalist, critic, novelist, translator
* Emine Semiye Önasya (1864–1944), educator, textbook writer, novelist
* Aysel Özakın (born 1942), novelist, short story writer, children's writer, writing in Turkish, German and English
* Emine Sevgi Özdamar (born 1949), German-language playwright, short story writer, novelist
* Tezer Özlü (1943–1986), novelist

## P

* Zeynep Sevde Paksu (born 1983), children's writer, publisher

## S

* Güzide Sabri Aygün 1886–1946), romance novelist
* Elif Şafak (born 1971), acclaimed novelist, columnist, feminist
* Pınar Selek (born 1971), sociologist, feminist, journalist, editor
* Neslihan Şenocak (born c.1976), historian, writer, professor
* Sabiha Sertel (1895–1968), early feminist journalist, essayist
* Sevgi Soysal (1936–1976), novelist, short story writer, memoirist
* Edibe Sözen (born 1961), sociologist, politician, writings on sociology

## T

* Suna Tanaltay (1933–2021), poet, writer, psychologist
* Sevim Tekeli (1924–2019), educator, works on astronomy, cartography
* Latife Tekin (born 1957), influential feminist, novelist, playwright, memoirist
* Ece Temelkuran (born 1973), journalist, columnist, novelist, television presenter
* Arzu Toker (born 1952), journalist, anti-Islam activist, lives in the Netherlands
* Fatma Aliye Topuz (1862–1936), columnist, essayist, novelist, feminist
* Ayfer Tunç (born 1964), novelist, short story writer, essayist

## U

* Bahriye Üçok (1919–1990), theologian, columnist, feminist
* Buket Uzuner (born 1955), widely translated novelist, short story writer, travel writer

## Z

* Zafer Hanım (19th century), first Turkish novelist
* Ayşe Nur Zarakolu (1946–2002), publisher, human rights advocate
* Halide Nusret Zorlutuna (1901–1984), poet, novelist, short story writer, autobiographer