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)
 * 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)