List of Turkic languages poets
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11th 12th century
- Yusuf Has Hacip, poet, (1019-1085)
- Ahmet Yesevi, poet, mystic, (1093-1166)
13th 14th century
- Şeyyad Hamza, poet, mystic, author of Yusuf ve Zeliha (13th century)
- Yunus EmreYunus EmreYunus Emre was a Turkish poet and Sufi mystic. He has exercised immense influence on Turkish literature, from his own day until the present...
, poet, mystic and Dervish Sufi,(1240-1320) - KöroğluKorogluA dance tune in a five-beat rhythm that was well-known to the farming populations of Asia Minor and the Aydın area in particular. In Turkish, “köroğlu”means “the son of the blind man” and the reference is to a famous troubadour whosereputation spread from Asia Minor as far as the Caucasus, Persia,...
, a poet of the aşık/ozan tradition
15th 16th century
- Nasimi, (ca.1369 – 1417)
- Ali Şir Nevai, poet, (1441-1501)
- Pir Sultan AbdalPir Sultan AbdalPir Sultan Abdal was a legendary Turkish Alevi poet, whose direct and clear language as well as the richness of his imagination and the beauty of his verses led him to become loved among the Turkish people. Pir Sultan Abdal reflected the social, cultural and religious life of the people; he was a...
, (ca.1480-1550) - Ismail IIsmail IIsmail I , known in Persian as Shāh Ismāʿil , was a Shah of Iran and the founder of the Safavid dynasty which survived until 1736. Isma'il started his campaign in Azerbaijan in 1500 as the leader of the Safaviyya, an extremist heterodox Twelver Shi'i militant religious order and unified all of Iran...
- Khatai, (July 17, 1487 - May 23, 1524), - FuzuliFuzûlîFużūlī was the pen name of the Azerbaijani or the Bayat branch of Oghuz Turkish and Ottoman poet, writer and thinker Muhammad bin Suleyman...
, poet, (1483 – 1556)
17th 18th 19th century
- KaracaoğlanKaracaoglanKaracaoğlan is a 17th century Ottoman folk poet and ashik. His exact dates of birth and death are unknownbut it is widely accepted that he was born around 1606 and died around 1680...
, (ca.1606-ca.1680) - Yusuf NabiYusuf NabiYusuf Nabi was a Turkish Divan poet in the court of Mehmet IV. He was famous for "his brilliant lyrics filled with popular sayings and critiques of the age and verses commenorating innumerable important occasions."...
, (1642-1712) - Ahmet Nedîm EfendiNedîmAhmet Nedîm Efendi was the pen name of one of the most celebrated Ottoman poets. He achieved his greatest fame during the reign of Ahmed III, the so-called Tulip Era from 1718 to 1730. Both his life and his work are often seen as being representative of the relaxed attitude and European...
, (1681?-1730) - DadaloğluDadaloğluDadaloğlu was an Ottoman folk poet -Background :In the Ottoman Empire there were two distinct literatures. Literature of the palace, so called divan literature used Ottoman Turkish, a language with extensive burrowings of words and phrases from Persian and Arabic. This language was not used in...
, (ca.1785–ca.1868)
20th century
- Ismail Gasprinski, Crimean TatarCrimean TatarsCrimean Tatars or Crimeans are a Turkic ethnic group that originally resided in Crimea. They speak the Crimean Tatar language...
poet, publisher, intellectual (1851-1914) - Neyzen TevfikNeyzen TevfikNeyzen Tevfik was a Turkish poet, satirist, and neyzen . He was born in Bodrum on March 24, 1879, and died in Istanbul on January 28, 1953. His name is occasionally misspelled as Neyzen Teyfik.-Biography:Tevfik learned Persian as a young man, and became a Mevlevi in İzmir...
, poet (1879-1953) - Yahya Kemal BeyatlıYahya Kemal BeyatliYahya Kemal Beyatlı , born Ahmed Agâh, was a leading Turkish poet and author, as well as a politician.-Biography:...
, poet (1884-1958) - Noman ÇelebicihanNoman ÇelebicihanNoman Çelebicihan was one of the most popular Crimean Tatar leaders of all time. He was the first President of the short-lived independent Crimean People's Republic, established on November 26 , 1917.In January 1918, just barely two months after he was elected to lead his nation at the historic...
, Crimean TatarCrimean TatarsCrimean Tatars or Crimeans are a Turkic ethnic group that originally resided in Crimea. They speak the Crimean Tatar language...
leader and poet (1885-1918) - Abdülhak Şinasi Hisar, poet and novelist (1888-1963)
- Orhan Seyfi Orhon, poet (1890-1972)
- Enis Behiç Koryürek, poet (1891-1949)
- Halit Fahri Ozansoy, poet (1891-1971)
- Bekir Çoban-zade, Crimean TatarCrimean TatarsCrimean Tatars or Crimeans are a Turkic ethnic group that originally resided in Crimea. They speak the Crimean Tatar language...
poet and professor of Turkic languages (1893-1937) - Yusuf Ziya Ortaç, poet (1896-1967)
- Faruk Nafiz ÇamlıbelFaruk Nafiz ÇamlibelFaruk Nafiz Çamlıbel was a leading Turkish poet, author and later politician.-Biography:He was born in Istanbul, Ottoman Empire, in 1898. He completed his primary and secondary education in Istanbul...
, poet (1898-1973) - Nazim Hikmet RanNazim HikmetNâzım Hikmet Ran , commonly known as Nâzım Hikmet , was a Turkish poet, playwright, novelist and memoirist. He was acclaimed for the "lyrical flow of his statements"...
, poet (1901-1963) - Ahmet Hamdi TanpınarAhmet Hamdi TanpinarAhmet Hamdi Tanpınar was one of the most important modern novelists and essayists of Turkish literature. He was also a member of the Turkish parliament between 1942 and 1946.-Biography:...
,poet, novelist, essayist (1901-1962) - Ahmet Kutsi TecerAhmet Kutsi TecerAhmet Kutsi Tecer was a Turkish poet and politician.-Biography:Born in Jerusalem, Tecer studied philosophy and started his career as a philosophy teacher. Then, he worked in the Education Ministry and was a member of parliament from 1942 to 1946...
, poet, dramatist (1901-1967) - Muammer Lütfi Bakşi, poet (1903-1947)
- Necip Fazıl KısakürekNecip Fazil KisakürekAhmet Necip Fazıl Kısakürek was a Turkish poet, novelist, playwright, philosopher and activist. He is also known with his initials NFK...
, poet, essayist (1905-1983) - M. H. Şehriyar, poet (1905-1988)
- Vasfi Mahir Kocayürek, poet (1907-1961)
- Cevdet Kudret, poet (1907-1991)
- Sabri Esat Siyavuşgil, poet (1907-1968)
- Yaşar Nabi Nayır, poet and journalist (1908-1981)
- Ahmet Muhip DıranasAhmet Muhip DiranasAhmet Muhip Dıranas was a leading Turkish poet and author.-Biography:He was born in Sinop, Ottoman Empire in 1909. Having completed his primary education in Sinop, he moved to Ankara and graduated from Ankara High School. He then went to Istanbul for a university degree and studied philosophy at...
, poet (1909-1980) - Ziya Osman Saba, poet (1910-1957)
- Cahit Sıtkı TarancıCahit Sitki TaranciCahit Sıtkı Tarancı Turkish poet and author.-Biography:Tarancı belonged to a well known clan family of Diyarbekir like his father Pirinççizâde Bekir Sıdkı and his uncle Pirinççizâde Aziz Feyzi. Tarancı finished his secondary education in St...
, poet (1910-1956) - Rıfat IlgazRifat IlgazRıfat Ilgaz was a poet who was born in Cide, Kastamonu, Turkey. He was a teacher, poet, and writer. Ilgaz was one of Turkey’s best-known and most prolific poets and writers, having authored over sixty works.-Biography:...
, poet, writer, journalist (1911-1993) - Bedri Rahmi EyüboğluBedri Rahmi EyübogluBedri Rahmi Eyüboğlu was a Turkish painter and poet.Bedri Rahmi was born 1911 in Görele on the Black Sea. He was the second child of a family with five. His elder brother, Sabahattin Eyuboglu, is a well-known writer and his younger sister, Mualla Eyüboğlu, was one of the first architects working...
, painter and poet (1913-1975) - Oktay Rıfat HorozcuOktay Rifat HorozcuOktay Rifat Horozcu, better known as Oktay Rifat, was a Turkish writer and playwright, and one of the forefront poets of modern Turkish poetry since the late 1930s...
, poet (1914-1988) - Orhan Veli Kanik, poet (1914-1950)
- Melih Cevdet AndayMelih Cevdet AndayMelih Cevdet Anday , Turkish poet and writer who has been one of the forefront poets of the Garip movement together with Orhan Veli and Oktay Rifat....
, poet (1915- ) - Behçet NecatigilBehçet NecatigilBehçet Necatigil was a leading Turkish author, poet and translator.-Biography:Behçet was born in Istanbul, Ottoman Empire, in 1916. He graduated from the Teachers' High School in Istanbul in 1940, and served as a teacher of literature until the year 1972...
,poet, dramatist (1916-1979) - Faik Baysal, poet (1918-2002)
- Ilhan BerkIlhan Berkİlhan Berk was a leading contemporary Turkish poet. He was a dominant figure in the postmodern current in Turkish poetry and was very influential among Turkish literary circles.-Biography:Berk was born in Manisa, Turkey in 1918 and received a teacher's training in Balıkesir...
, poet (1918- ) - Salah Birsel, poet (1919-1999)
- Rüştü Onur, poet (1920-1942)
- Necati CumalıNecati CumaliNecati Cumalı was a Turkish writer of novels, short-stories, essays and poetry. He was born in Florina, Greece, and his family had settled in Urla near İzmir in the framework of the 1923 agreement for the population exchange between Greece and Turkey.-Biography:He grew up in Urla and did his...
, poet, dramatist (1921- ) - Muzaffer Tayyip Uslu, poet (1922-1946)
- Özdemir Asaf, poet (1923-1981)
- N. Abbas Sayar, poet and novelist (1923-1999)
- Sabri Altınel, poet(1925-1985)
- Bahtiyar Vahapzade, poet (1925- )
- Can YücelCan YücelCan Yücel was a Turkish poet noted for his use of colloquial language.-Biography:Can Yücel was the son of a former Minister of National Education, Hasan Ali Yücel who left his mark on the history of education in Turkey, and a grandchild of an Ottoman sea captain who perished with the frigate...
, poet (1926-1999) - Turgut Uyar, poet (1927-1985)
- Edip CanseverEdip CanseverEdip Cansever was a Turkish poet.-Biography:Born in Istanbul, Turkey, Cansever attended Trade Academy for some time, and worked as an antiquity salesman in Grand Bazaar, Istanbul...
, poet (1928- ) - Ece Ayhan Çağlar, poet (1931-2002)
- Talat Sait HalmanTalat S. HalmanProf. Talât Sait Halman, GBE is a famous Turkish poet, translator and cultural historian. He is the first Minister of Culture of Turkey...
, poet (1931- ) - Cemal SüreyaCemal SüreyaCemal Süreyya was a poet and writer.-Biography:After the 1938 Dersim Rebellion, Sureya and his family were forcefully deported to Bilecik, a Turkish city in western Anatolia. This had a significant affect on his poems.He graduated from the Political Sciences Faculty of Ankara University...
, poet (1931-1990) - Onat Kutlar, writer, poet (1936-1995)
- Attila IlhanAttila IlhanAttilâ İlhan was a Turkish poet, novelist, essayist, journalist and reviewer.-Early life:Attilâ İlhan was born in Menemen in İzmir Province, Turkey. He received most of his primary education in İzmir. However, because of his father's job, he completed his junior high school education in different...
, writer, poet , captain (1925-2005) - Sabit İnceSabit InceSabit İnce is a Turkish poet and Islamist scholar.Sabit ince is a Turkish poet and writer. He was in Nevsehir in 1954.-Biography:...
, writer, poet (1954)
21st century
- Ülkü Tamer, poet (1937– )
- Güven Turan, poet (1943– )
- Ismet ÖzelIsmet Özelİsmet Özel is a Turkish poet and scholar.-Early years:Özel is the sixth child of a police officer from Söke. He attended his primary and secondary school in Kastamonu, Çankırı and Ankara...
, poet (1944– ) - Haydar ErgülenHaydar ErgülenHaydar Ergulen is one of the important poets of the recent generation in contemporary Turkish literature. Born in 1956 in Eskişehir, Türkeli, he graduated from the Sociology Department at Orta Doğu Teknik Üniversitesi in Ankara.Among his published poetry books are: "Sokak Prensesi" , "Eskiden...
, poet (1956- ) - Sunay AkınSunay AkinSunay Akın is a Turkish poet, writer, TV host, and journalist. He is also a philanthropist and is the founder of Istanbul Toy Museum, a showcase of thousands of antique toys from around the world....
, poet, writer (1962-) - Cem Uzungüneş, poet (1962- )
- Alaaddin Külcüoğlu, poet (1967- )
- Mehmet ErteMehmet ErteMehmet Erte is a contemporary Turkish poet and writer. He studied Physics at Sakarya University. His first poem, “Yıldırımları Beklemek”, published in Varlık magazine in 1999. Erte’s poems, short stories, essays and interviews were published in various magazines such as Varlık, Kitap-lık,...
, poet (1978- ) - Ömer Şişman, (1980- )
- İbrahim Halil BaranIbrahim Halil Baranİbrahim Halil Baran is a Kurdish poet, writer and designer.-Biography:He completed his primary education in Suruc and the secondary, in Şanlıurfa. In 2003, he graduated from Dicle University, Faculty of Education. Department of Turkish Teaching, in Diyarbakır...
, (1981- ) - Süreyya Aylin AntmenSüreyya Aylin AntmenSüreyya Aylin Antmen is a contemporary Turkish poet and writer.-Biography:Süreyya Aylin Antmen was born in Istanbul, in 1981. She is a student at Department of Philosophy, Anadolu University...
, (1981- ) - Serkan Ozan Özağaç, (1981- )
- Gonca Özmen, (1982- )
- Olcay Özmen, (1982- )
- Veysi Erdoğan, (1982- )
- Müesser Yeniay, (1983- )
See also
- List of contemporary Turkish poets
- List of Ottoman poets
- Turkish literatureTurkish literatureTurkish literature comprises both oral compositions and written texts in the Turkish language, either in its Ottoman form or in less exclusively literary forms, such as that spoken in the Republic of Turkey today...