List of contemporary Turkish poets
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- Yahya Kemal BeyatlıYahya Kemal BeyatliYahya Kemal Beyatlı , born Ahmed Agâh, was a leading Turkish poet and author, as well as a politician.-Biography:...
(1884-1958) - Ahmet HaşimAhmet HasimAhmet Haşim was an influential Turkish poet of the early 20th century.-Biography:...
(1885-1933) - 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...
(1898-1973) - Nazım HikmetNazim 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"...
(1902-1963) - Ercüment Behzad Lav (1903-1984)
- 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...
(1904-1983) - Sait Faik AbasıyanıkSait Faik AbasiyanikSait Faik Abasıyanık was one of the greatest Turkish writers of short stories and poetry. Born in Adapazarı, he was educated at the Bursa Erkek Lisesi. He enrolled in the Turcology Department of Istanbul University in 1928, but under pressure from his father went to Switzerland to study economics...
(1906-1954) - 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:...
(1954) - Asaf Hâlet ÇelebiAsaf Halet ÇelebiAsaf Halet Çelebi was a Turkish poet.-Biography:Çelebi was born in Istanbul, Ottoman Empire in 1907, as the son of Mehmet Sait Halet Bey. He studied at Galatasaray High School and worked at Osmanlı Bankası and the state marine lines agency . In his youth he was influenced by Ottoman court literature...
(1907-1958) - 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...
(1908-1980) - 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...
(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:...
(1911-1993) - Fazıl Hüsnü DağlarcaFazil Hüsnü DaglarcaFazıl Hüsnü Dağlarca was one the most prolific Turkish poets of the republican Turkey with more than 60 collections of his poems published as of 2007, laureate of the Struga Poetry Evenings Golden Wreath Award .-Biography:His purist use of the Turkish language brought a new dimension to...
(1915-2008) - Orhan Veli Kanık (1914-1950)
- Oktay Rifat 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...
(1914-1988) - Baki Süha EdiboğluBaki Süha EdibogluBaki Süha Ediboğlu was a Turkish poet and author.-Biography:Ediboğlu was born in Antalya in 1915. He graduated from Istanbul Hayriye High School in 1936. He didn’t complete his education at Istanbul University, Faculty of Law or Ankara University, Faculty of Language, History and Geography...
(1915-1972) - 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....
(1915-2002) - 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...
(1916-1979) - Cahit KülebiCahit KülebiCahit Külebi was a leading Turkish poet and author. He has an important place in contemporary Turkish poetry due to his attachment to folk poetry traditions. His poetry is enriched with simple yet ironic language, embellished with original descriptions.-Biography:Külebi was born in Çeltek village...
(1917-1997) - İlhan 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...
(1918-2008) - Salah Birsel (1919-1999)
- Sabahattin Kudret Aksal (1920-1993)
- 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:...
(1954) - Attila İlhanAttila 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...
, (1925-2005) - Turgut Uyar, (1927-1985)
- Metin Eloğlu, (1927-1985)
- Ahmet Arif, (1927-1991)
- 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...
, (1928-1986) - Ece AyhanEce AyhanEce Ayhan Çağlar was a contemporary Turkish poet. He used the name Ece Ayhan in his poems. He is one of the prominent figures of the II...
, (1931-2002) - 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...
, (1931-1990) - Sezai KarakoçSezai karakocSezai Karakoç is a Turkish poet.-Biography:He graduated from the Faculty of Political Science at Ankara University and worked in the finance sector for many years...
, (born 1933) - Gülten AkınGülten AkinGülten Akın is a female poet, born in 1933. Her poetry is considered culturally significant to Turkey.-External links:* at Lyrikline.org, with audio, Turkish text, and translation into German....
, (born 1933) - Onat Kutlar (1936-1995)
- Ülkü Tamer (born 1937)
- Cahit ZarifoğluCahit ZarifoğluAbdurrahman Cahit Zarifoğlu , Turkish poet, writer.- Life :He is from Kahramanmaraş. Born in Ankara where the capital of Turkey in 1940 and he grown up in Kahramanmaraş. He started to writing at his highschool years at Kahramanmaraş High School with writing poems...
, (1940-1987) - Egemen Berköz, (born 1941)
- Güven Turan, (born 1943)
- İsmet 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...
, (born 1944) - Ali F. BilirAli F. BilirAli F. Bilir is a poet, author and critic, and an active member of Turkish Authors Association. He attended the School of Medicine for a year, but graduated from the Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Istanbul, in 1969....
, (born 1945) - Mustafa Irgat, (1950-1995)
- Enis BaturEnis BaturAhmet Enis Batur is a Turkish poet, essayist, novelist, and editor.-Education:Born in Eskişehir, Enis Batur studied at St...
, (born 1952) - Tarık Günersel, (born 1953)
- Yaşar Miraç, (born 1953)
- Ahmet Güntan, (born 1955)
- Lale MüldürLale MüldürLâle Müldür was born in 1956, in Aydın, Turkey. She is a Turkish poet and writer and is considered one of the most influential Turkish poets of the last several decades. Her eccentric style sets her apart from her peers....
, (born 1956) - 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...
, (born 1956) - Seyhan ErözçelikSeyhan ErözçelikSeyhan Erözçelik was a Turkish poet.-Biography:He was born in 1962 in Bartın, Turkey, a town in the Black Sea region. He studied psychology at Boğazici University and Oriental languages at Istanbul University. In 1986, he co-founded the Siir Ati publishing house, which published over forty titles...
, (born 1962) - Selim ErdoğanSelim ErdoganSelim Erdoğan is a Turkish poet. With parents originally from Malatya, he nevertheless had all his life and schooling experience in Elazığ, the neighboring town, where his father had a job, including higher education at Elazığ's Fırat University, Faculty of Engineering...
, (born 1962) - Sami Baydar, (born 1962)
- Cem Uzungüneş, (born 1962)
- Necmi Zeka, (born 1963)
- Ahmet YalçınkayaAhmet YalcinkayaAhmet Yalçınkaya is a Turkish poet. He was born in Giresun, Turkey, finished High School in Germany and completed his secondary education in Kabataş Erkek Lisesi. He has a B.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering from Bosphorus University , M.Sc. in Robotics from Istanbul Technical University , A.A...
, (born 1963) - Küçük İskender, (born 1964)
- Murat Üstübal, (born 1964)
- Alaaddin Külcüoğlu, (born 1967)
- Seyhan KurtSeyhan Kurt- Biography :Born in Grenoble, Isère, France, he started his primary education at La Verpillere, Ecole Les Marronnier and completed it at Ecole Jean Jaures in Lyon. He graduated from Dumlupinar High School in Mersin and continued his education in Selcuk University in Konya and studied French...
, (born 1971) - Nurduran DumanNurduran DumanNurduran Duman is a Turkish poet, writer, essayist, translator.-Life:She wrote her first poem when she was 8 years old. When she was 9, she promised herself she would become a writer in the future...
, (born 1974) - Onur Behramoğlu, (born 1975)
- Azad Ziya Eren, (born 1976)
- Mehmet Öztek, (born 1976)
- Serkan Işın, (born 1976)
- Onur Caymaz, (born 1977)
- 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,...
, (born 1978) - Ömer Şişman, (born 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...
, (born 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...
, (born 1981) - Serkan Ozan Özağaç, (born 1981)
- Gonca Özmen, (born 1982)
- Olcay Özmen, (born 1982)
- Veysi Erdoğan, (born 1982)
- Müesser Yeniay, (born 1983)