List of Turkish composers

This is a chronological list of notable composers of the Republic of Turkey.


 * Hammamizade İsmail Dede Efendi (1778–1846)
 * Abdülaziz (1830–1876)
 * Murad V (1840–1904)
 * Leyla Saz (1850–1936)
 * Fehime Sultan (1875–1929)
 * The Turkish Five
 * Cemal Reşit Rey (1904–1985), symphonic music, operas, chamber music, operettas and musicals
 * Ulvi Cemal Erkin (1906–1972), symphonic music, choral music, solo piano, chamber music
 * Ahmed Adnan Saygun (1907–1991), symphonic music, oratorio, choral music, chamber music, opera, ballet music
 * Bülent Arel (1919–1990)
 * İlhan Usmanbaş (born 1921)
 * Ertuğrul Oğuz Fırat (1923–2014)
 * Nevit Kodallı (1925–2009) symphonic music
 * İlhan Mimaroğlu (1926–2012)
 * Ferit Tüzün (1929-1977)
 * Pınar Köksal (1946–2019)
 * Aydın Esen (born 1962)
 * Gülçin Yahya Kaçar (born 1966)
 * Özkan Manav (born 1967)
 * Emre Aracı (born 1968)
 * Fazıl Say (born 1970)
 * Füsun Köksal (born 1973)
 * Evrim Demirel (born 1977)
 * Oğuzhan Balcı (born 1977)
 * Zeynep Gedizlioğlu (born 1977)
 * Mehmet Erhan Tanman (born 1989)