This is a list of poets writing in Turkic languages.
11th–12th century
- Mahmud al-Kashgari, poet (1005–1102)
- Yusuf Balasaguni, poet (1019–1085)
- Ahmad Yasawi, poet, mystic (1093–1166)
- Arslan Baba, poet, mystic
13th–14th century
- Mahmud Qırımlı, first attested Crimean Tatar poet (c. 1200)
- Yunus Emre, poet, mystic and Dervish Sufi (1240–1320)
- Izzeddin "Hasanoglu" Esfaryani, poet, (13th - 14th centuries)
- Köroğlu, a poet of the ashik tradition
- Kaygusuz Abdal, Alevi folk poet, (1341-1444)
- Kadi Burhan al-Din, (1345–1398)
- Pir Sultan Abdal, (1480-1550)
15th–16th century
- Nasimi, (1369–1417)
- Ali Şir Nevai, poet (1441–1501)
- Pir Sultan Abdal (1480–1550)
- Khatai, (1487–1524)
- Gül Baba, (d. 1541)
- Muhibbi, (1494–1566)
- Fuzûlî, poet (1483–1556)
- Babur, poet (1483-1530)
17th–18th–19th century
- Karacaoğlan (c. 1606-c. 1680)
- Aşıq Ümer (1621–1707), Crimean Tatar poet- ashik
- 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, poet (1693-1789)
- Erzurumlu Emrah, poet (1775–1854)
- 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 (1921–2001)
- Bahtiyar Vahapzade, poet (1925–2009)
- Can Yücel, poet (1926–1999)
- Ümit Yaşar Oğuzcan, poet, author (1926-1984)
- Edip Cansever, poet (1928–1986)
- Ece Ayhan Çağlar, poet (1931–2002)
- Talat Sait Halman, poet (1931–2014)
- 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)
21st century
- Abdurehim Ötkür, poet (1923-1995)
- Sabit İnce, writer, poet (1954)
- Ismet Özel, poet (1944–)
- Haydar Ergülen, poet (1956–)
- Sunay Akın, poet, writer (1962–)
- Abdurehim Heyt, poet, singer (1962-)
- Süreyya Aylin Antmen (1981–)
