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Turkic mythology refers to myths and legends told by the Turkic people. It features Tengrist and Shamanist strata of belief along with many other social...

Orhan Veli Kanık or Orhan Veli (14 April 1914 – 14 November 1950) was a Turkish poet. Kanık is one of the founders of the Garip Movement together with...

İlhan Berk (18 November 1918 – 28 August 2008) was a leading Turkish poet. He was a dominant figure in the postmodern current in Turkish poetry (termed...

Cemâl Süreya (born Cemâlettin Seber; 1931 – 9 January 1990) was a Turkish poet and writer of Kurdish–Zaza descent. Süreya and his family were deported...

Cahit Sıtkı Tarancı (born Hüseyin Cahit; 4 October 1910 – 13 October 1956) was a Turkish poet and author from Türkiye. Identified with the poem "Otuz Beş...

Bilge Karasu (9 January 1930 – 13 July 1995), was a Turkish short story writer and novelist. Bilge Karasu was born in 1930, in Istanbul. Bilge Karasu's...

Güven Turan (born 2 December 1943 , Gerze), a Turkish poet, writer, translator. He was born in Sinop, Gerze in 1944, and completed his secondary education...

Ahmet Kutsi Tecer (4 September 1901 – 23 July 1967) was a Turkish poet and politician. Born in Jerusalem, Tecer studied philosophy and started his career...

Ülkü Tamer, (20 February 1937–1 April 2018) was a Turkish poet, journalist, actor and translator. Born in Gaziantep, the artist is the eldest of three...

Seyrani Turkish: Âşık Seyrani (born 1800 - 1866) was a Turkish folk poet The date of birth of Seyrani from Develi (Everek) is not certain. There are records...

Varlık is a monthly Turkish literature and art magazine. Established by Yaşar Nabi Nayır, Sabri Esat Siyavuşgil, and Nahit Sırrı Örik in 1933, it often...

Grey wolf (Old Turkic: Böri) is a sacred animal and national symbol in Turkic mythology. The wolf Ashina (Kökböri) is part of the origin story of all Turkic...

NTV Tarih (English: NTV History) was a monthly history magazine owned by Doğuş Media Group. It was in circulation between 2009 and 2013 and was headquartered...

İnce Memed is a series of four epic novels written by the Turkish novelist Yaşar Kemal. The novels follow the life of Memed, the only son of a poor widow...

Doğan Kardeş (literally 'Brother Doğan') was the name of a publishing company and a periodical for children in Turkey. The periodical and the company were...

Xaya Iccita is the Yakut god of mountains, or "mountain owner". Anthropological Papers of the American Museum of Natural History. order of the trustees...

Arsan Duolai is a Yakut god of the underworld. In Turkish mythology, he is known as the god of greed and evil. His servant spirits are tasked with the...

Makbule Abasıyanık (1883 – 22 January 1963) was a Turkish female writer and philanthropist. As the mother of the short story writer Sait Faik Abasıyanık...

Azmiye Hami Güven (1904, Konya - 1954, Ankara) was a Turkish novelist. A graduate of the Kandilli Kız Lisesi, she was one of the first Turkish woman writers...

Samipaşazade Sezai (1859 – 1936) was an Ottoman and later Turkish educator, politician, diplomat and writer, who was one of the leading lights of the Turkish...