List of Turkish women writers

A

• Halide Edip Adıvar, novelist, nationalist, feminist
• Adalet Ağaoğlu, prominent novelist, playwright, essayist, memoirist, short story writer
• Süreyya Ağaoğlu, lawyer, non-fiction writer
• Zeynep Ahunbay, educator, works on preservation of cultural heritage
• Gülten Akın, influential poet, playwright, works widely translated
• Seza Kutlar Aksoy, children's writer
• Alev Alatlı, best selling novelist, economist, columnist, playwright, translator
• Süreyya Aylin Antmen, poet, essayist
• Nezihe Araz, religious writer, journalist
• Meltem Arıkan, novelist, playwright, columnist
• Ayşe Arman, journalist, columnist
• Duygu Asena, journalist, best selling non-fiction author on women's rights
• Aydilge, full name Aydilge Sarp, poet, songwriter, short story writer
• Samiha Ayverdi, novelist, mystic

  B

• Oya Baydar, sociologist, novelist
• Nazan Bekiroğlu, novelist, essayist
• Seyla Benhabib, Turkish-American philosopher, non-fiction writer, biographer
• Üstün Bilgen-Reinart, Turkish-born Canadian journalist, non-fiction writer
• Sevim Burak, novelist, playwright, letter writer

  C

• Peride Celal, novelist, short story writer
• Fethiye Çetin, lawyer, human rights activist, novelist
• Muazzez İlmiye Çığ, archaeologist, works on Sumerian and Middle-Eastern civilization
• Zehra Çırak, Turkish-born German poet, short story writer
• Nuriye Ulviye Mevlan Civelek journalist and magazine owner
• Alev Croutier, Turkish-born American novelist, non-fiction writer, screenwriter

  D

• Suat Derviş, Turkish female novelist, journalist, and political activist
• Güzin Dino, non-fiction writer, translator of Turkish works into French
• Nurduran Duman, poet, essayist, translator

  E

• Aslı Erdoğan, novelist, human rights activist, columnist, some works translated into English

  F

• Fitnat Hanım, early poet
• Füruzan, pen name of Füruzan Yerdelen, short story writer, novelist, screenwriter

  G

• Nilüfer Göle, sociologist, non-fiction writer
• Aysel Gürel, lyricist, actress, author of many Turkish popular songs
• Azmiye Hami Güven, novelist

  K

• Yadé Kara, Turkish-born German-language novelist
• Suzan Emine Kaube, Turkish-born German-language novelist, poet
• Rabia Kazan, journalist, feminist, television host
• Birhan Keskin, poet
• Ayşe Kulin, popular novelist, short story writer, columnist, several works translated into English
• İsmet Kür, educator, journalist, columnist and writer of mainly children's literature

  L

• Nuray Lale, novelist, translator

  M

• Perihan Mağden, novelist, journalist, columnist, several works translated into English
• Nilgün Marmara, poet, some poems translated into English
• Nuray Mert, journalist, educator, television presenter
• Nezihe Muhiddin, journalist, novelist, politician, feminist
• Lale Müldür, influential poet, novelist, columnist

  N

• Nigâr Hanım, major poet, playwright, memoirist

  O

• Birgül Oğuz, novelist
• Meral Okay, actress, screenwriter
• Sevin Okyay, journalist, critic, novelist, translator
• Emine Semiye Önasya, educator, textbook writer, novelist
• Aysel Özakın, novelist, short story writer, children's writer, writing in Turkish, German and English
• Emine Sevgi Özdamar, German-language playwright, short story writer, novelist
• Tezer Özlü, novelist

  P

• Zeynep Sevde Paksu, children's writer, publisher

  S

• Güzide Sabri Aygün 1886–1946), romance novelist
• Elif Şafak, acclaimed novelist, columnist, feminist
• Pınar Selek, sociologist, feminist, journalist, editor
• Sabiha Sertel, early feminist journalist, essayist
• Sevgi Soysal, novelist, short story writer, memoirist
• Edibe Sözen, sociologist, politician, writings on sociology

  T

• Suna Tanaltay, poet, writer, psychologist
• Sevim Tekeli, educator, works on astronomy, cartography
• Latife Tekin, influential feminist, novelist, playwright, memoirist
• Ece Temelkuran, journalist, columnist, novelist, television presenter
• Arzu Toker, journalist, anti-Islam activist, lives in the Netherlands
• Fatma Aliye Topuz, columnist, essayist, novelist, feminist
• Ayfer Tunç, novelist, short story writer, essayist

  U

• Bahriye Üçok, theologian, columnist, feminist
• Buket Uzuner, widely translated novelist, short story writer, travel writer

  Z

• Zafer Hanım, first Turkish novelist
• Ayşe Nur Zarakolu, publisher, human rights advocate
• Halide Nusret Zorlutuna, poet, novelist, short story writer, autobiographer