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

 * 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 (born 1914), 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