List of Turkic-languages poets
This is a list of poets writing in Turkic languages.
11th–12th century
- Yusuf Has Hacip, poet (1019–1085)
- Ahmet Yesevi, poet, mystic (1093–1166)
13th–14th century
- Yunus Emre, poet, mystic and Dervish Sufi (1240–1320)
- Köroğlu, a poet of the ashik tradition
- Kaygusuz Abdal, Alevi folk poet, (1341-1444)
15th–16th century
- Nasimi, (c. 1369–1417)
- Ali Şir Nevai, poet (1441–1501)
- Pir Sultan Abdal (c. 1480–1550)
- Khatai, (July 17, 1487 – May 23, 1524)
- Muhibbi, (1494- September 6, 1566)
- Fuzûlî, poet (1483–1556)
17th–18th–19th century
- Karacaoğlan (c. 1606-c. 1680)
- Yusuf Nabi (1642–1712)
- Magtymguly Pyragy (1724–1807), Turkmen poet, songwriter and intellectual
- Kul Nesîmî (17th century), Alevi-Bektashi poet
- Ahmet Nedîm Efendi (c. 1681-1730)
- Bukhar-zhirau Kalmakanov (1693-1789) - poet
- Dadaloğlu (c. 1785–c. 1868)
- Abay Qunanbayuli (1845-1904), poet, composer and philosopher
20th century
- Ismail Gasprinski, Crimean Tatar poet, publisher, intellectual (1851–1914)
- Mirjaqip Dulatuli (1885-1935) - poet, writer and a leader of Alash Orda government
- Akhmet Baytursinuli (1873-1937) - poet, writer, pedagogue and politician
- Neyzen Tevfik, poet (1879–1953)
- Magzhan Zhumabayev, poet (1893– 1938)
- Yahya Kemal Beyatlı, poet (1884–1958)
- Noman Çelebicihan, Crimean Tatar leader and poet (1885–1918)
- Bekir Çoban-zade, Crimean Tatar poet and professor of Turkic languages (1893–1937)
- Faruk Nafiz Çamlıbel, poet (1898–1973)
- Nazim Hikmet Ran, poet (1901–1963)
- Ahmet Hamdi Tanpınar,poet, novelist, essayist (1901–1962)
- Ahmet Kutsi Tecer, poet, dramatist (1901–1967)
- Necip Fazıl Kısakürek, poet, essayist (1905–1983)
- Mohammad-Hossein Shahriar, poet (1906–1988)
- Ahmet Muhip Dıranas, poet (1909–1980)
- Cahit Sıtkı Tarancı, poet (1910–1956)
- Rıfat Ilgaz, poet, writer, journalist (1911–1993)
- Bedri Rahmi Eyüboğlu, painter and poet (1913–1975)
- Oktay Rıfat Horozcu, poet (1914–1988)
- Orhan Veli Kanik, poet (1914–1950)
- Melih Cevdet Anday, poet (1915-2002)
- Alykul Osmonov, poet (1915-1950)
- Âşık Veysel, ashik, poet (1894-1973)
- Behçet Necatigil,poet, dramatist (1916–1979)
- Ilhan Berk, poet (1918-2008)
- Necati Cumalı, poet, dramatist (1921- )
- Bahtiyar Vahapzade, poet (1925- )
- Can Yücel, poet (1926–1999)
- Edip Cansever, poet (1928- )
- Ece Ayhan Çağlar, poet (1931–2002)
- Talat Sait Halman, poet (1931- )
- Cemal Süreya, poet (1931–1990)
- Onat Kutlar, writer, poet (1936–1995)
- Aşık Mahzuni Şerif, ashik, poet (1939-2002)
- Attila Ilhan, writer, poet, captain (1925–2005)
- Sabit İnce, writer, poet (1954)
21st century
- Ismet Özel, poet (1944–)
- Haydar Ergülen, poet (1956–)
- Sunay Akın, poet, writer (1962–)
- Süreyya Aylin Antmen (1981–)
