This is a list of poets writing in Turkic languages.

• Neyzen Tevfik , poet (1879-1953)
• Yahya Kemal Beyatlı , poet (1884-1958)
• Numan Celebicihan, Crimean Tatar leader and poet (1885-1918)
• Abdülhak Şinasi Hisar , poet and novelist (1888-1963)
• Orhan Seyfi Orhon , poet (1890-1972)
• Enis Behiç Koryürek , poet (1891-1949)
• Halit Fahri Ozansoy , poet (1891-1971)
• Bekir Sidki Cobanzade, poet and professor of Turkic languages (1893-1937)
• Yusuf Ziya Ortaç , poet (1896-1967)
• Faruk Nafiz Çamlıbel , poet (1898-1973)
• Ahmet Hamdi Tanpınar ,poet, novelist, essayist (1901-1962)
• Nazim Hikmet, poet (1901-1963)
• Ahmet Kutsi Tecer , poet, dramatist (1901-1967)
• Muammer Lütfi Bakşi , poet (1903-1947)
• Necip Fazıl Kısakürek , poet, essayist (1905-1983)
• M. H. Şehriyar , poet (1905-1988)
• Vasfi Mahir Kocayürek , poet (1907-1961)
• Sabri Esat Siyavuşgil , poet (1907-1968)
• Cevdet Kudret , poet (1907-1991)
• Yaşar Nabi Nayır , poet and journalist (1908-1981)
• Ahmet Muhip Dıranas , poet (1909-1980)
• Cahit Sıtkı Tarancı , poet (1910-1956)
• Ziya Osman Saba , poet (1910-1957)
• Orhan Veli Kanik, poet (1914-1950)
• Oktay Rıfat Horozcu , poet (1914-1988)
• Melih Cevdet Anday , poet (1915- )
• Behçet Necatigil ,poet, dramatist (1916-1979)
• Faik Baysal , poet (1918-2002)
• Ilhan Berk, poet (1918- )
• Salah Birsel , poet (1919-1999)
• Necati Cumalı , poet, dramatist (1921- )
• Özdemir Asaf , poet (1923-1981)
• N. Abbas Sayar , poet and novelist (1923-1999)
• Bahtiyar Vahapzade , poet (1925- )
• Can Yücel , poet (1926-1999)
• Turgut Uyar , poet (1927-1985)
• Edip Cansever , poet (1928- )
• Cemal Süreya, poet (1931-1990)
• Ece Ayhan Çağlar , poet (1931-2002)
• Ülkü Tamer , poet (1937- )
• Güven Turan , poet (1943- )
• Ismet Özel, poet (1944- )
• Haydar Ergülen, poet (1956- )
• Cem Uzungüneş , poet (1962- )
• Mehmet Altun , poet (1977- )
• Mehmet Erte, poet (1978- )
• Mustafa Altay Sönmez , poet (1984- )
• Cem Kurtulus, poet (1985- )
• Efe Murat, poet (1986- )