Turkish Authors in Chronological Order

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Mevlana Celaleddin (Jalaleddin, Jalal Al-Din) Rumi (1207-1273)

Yunus Emre (c. 1238 - c. 1320)

Fuzuli (c. 1495 - 1556)

Karacaoglan (17th century)

Ahmed Nedim (1681 - 1730)

Namik Kemal (1840 - 1888)

Recaizade Mahmut Ekrem (1847 - 1914)

Huseyin Rahmi Gurpinar (1864 - 1944)

Halid Ziya Usakligil (1866 - 1945)

Tevfik Fikret (1867 - 1915 )

Ziya Gokalp (1876 - 1924)

Memduh Sevket Esendal (1883 - 1952)

Halide Edib Adivar (1883 - 1964)

Omer Seyfettin (Seyfeddin) (1884 - 1920)

Yahya Kemal Beyatli (1884 - 1958)

Cevat Sakir Kabaagacli (Halikarnas Balikcisi / Fisherman of Halicarnassus) (1886 - 1973)

Refik Halid Karay (1888 - 1965)

Resat Nuri Guntekin (1889 - 1956)

Yakup Kadri Karaosmanoglu (1889 - 1974)

Faruk Nafiz Camlibel (1898 - 1973)

Peyami Safa (1899 - 1961)

Ahmet Hamdi Tanpinar (1901 - 1961)

Nazim Hikmet (Ran) (1902 - 1963)

Sait Faik Abasiyanik (1906 - 1954)

Sabahattin Eyuboglu (1908 - 1973)

Ahmet Muhip Dranas (1908 - 1980)

Cahit Sitki Taranci (1910 - 1956)

Ziya Osman Saba (1910 - 1957)

Kemal Tahir (1910 - 1973)

Bedri Rahmi Eyupoglu (1911 - 1975)

Orhan Veli Kanik (1914 - 1950)

Orhan Kemal (1914 - 1970)

Fazil Husnu Daglarca (1914 - )

Aziz Nesin (1915 - 1995)

Cahit Kulebi (1917 - )

Vedat Turkali (1919 - )

Necati Cumali (1921 - 2001)

Yasar Kemal (1922 - )

Ozdemir Asaf (1923 - 1981)

Can Yucel (1926 - 1999)

Ahmet Arif (1927 - 1991)

Fakir Baykurt (1927 - 1999)

Edip Cansever (1928 - )

Adalet Agaoglu (1929 - )

Furuzan (1935 - )

Sevgi Soysal (1936 - 1976)

Bilgesu Erenus (1943 - )

Orhan Pamuk (1952 - )