List of Turkish women writers

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This is a list of Turkish women writers who are Ottoman or Turkish nationals and who write in Turkish language.

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  • Suat Derviş (1904 oder 1905–1972), Turkish female novelist, journalist, and political activist
  • Güzin Dino (1910–2013), non-fiction writer, translator of Turkish works into French
  • Nurduran Duman (born 1974), poet, essayist, translator

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  • Aslı Erdoğan (born 1967), novelist, human rights activist, columnist, some works translated into English

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  • Fitnat Hanım (18th century), early poet
  • Füruzan (born 1932), pen name of Füruzan Yerdelen (born 1932), short story writer, novelist, screenwriter

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  • Perihan Mağden (born 1960), novelist, journalist, columnist, several works translated into English
  • Nilgün Marmara (1958–1987), poet, some poems translated into English
  • Nuray Mert (born 1960), journalist, educator, television presenter
  • Nezihe Muhiddin (1889–1958), journalist, novelist, politician, feminist
  • Lale Müldür (born 1956), influential poet, novelist, columnist

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  • Güzide Sabri Aygün 1886–1946), romance novelist
  • Elif Şafak
    (born 1971), acclaimed novelist, columnist, feminist
  • Pınar Selek (born 1971), sociologist, feminist, journalist, editor
  • Neslihan Şenocak (born c.1976), historian, writer, professor
  • Sabiha Sertel (1895–1968), early feminist journalist, essayist
  • Sevgi Soysal (1936–1976), novelist, short story writer, memoirist
  • Edibe Sözen (born 1961), sociologist, politician, writings on sociology

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  • Suna Tanaltay (1933–2021), poet, writer, psychologist
  • Sevim Tekeli (1924–2019), educator, works on astronomy, cartography
  • Latife Tekin (born 1957), influential feminist, novelist, playwright, memoirist
  • Ece Temelkuran (born 1973), journalist, columnist, novelist, television presenter
  • Arzu Toker (born 1952), journalist, anti-Islam activist, lives in the Netherlands
  • Fatma Aliye Topuz (1862–1936), columnist, essayist, novelist, feminist
  • Ayfer Tunç (born 1964), novelist, short story writer, essayist

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  • Bahriye Üçok (1919–1990), theologian, columnist, feminist
  • Buket Uzuner (born 1955), widely translated novelist, short story writer, travel writer

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