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Orhan Pamuk
Turkish novelist, academic and Nobel laureate (born 1952)
Daron Acemoğlu
Turkish-American economist and receiver of the 2024 Nobel Prize in economic sciences (born 1967)
Aziz Nesin
Turkish writer (1915–1995)
Halide Edib Adıvar
Turkish social reformer and statesperson (1884–1964)
Reşat Nuri Güntekin
Turkish writer (1889–1956)
Fatma Aliye Topuz
Turkish writer and self-described feminist (1862–1936)
Kâtip Çelebi
Ottoman bibliographer, historian and geographer
Ayşe Kulin
Turkish novelist (born 1941)
Zabel Yesayan
Armenian writer (1878–1943)
Halil İnalcık
Turkish historian (1916–2016)
Duygu Asena
Turkish journalist and writer (1946–2006)
İlber Ortaylı
Turkish historian (1947–2026)
Leyla Erbil
Turkish writer (1931–2013)
Halid Ziya Uşaklıgil
Turkish poet and writer (1865–1945)
Nihal Atsız
Turkish poet and writer (1905–1975)
İbrahim Şinasi
Ottoman journalist (1826-1871)
Petros Duryan
Armenian poet (1851-1872)
Melih Cevdet Anday
Turkish poet and writer (1915–2002)
Zabel Sibil Asadour
Armenian writer
Ghevont Alishan
Armenian Catholic priest, historian, and poet (1820–1901)
Pınar Selek
Turkish sociologist and writer (born 1971)
Petros Markaris
Turkish-Greek writer of Armenian ancestry (born 1936)
Yervant Odian
Armenian writer (1869-1926)
Fazıl Hüsnü Dağlarca
Turkish poet and writer (1914–2008)
İbrahim Kalın
Director of the National Intelligence Organization of Turkey
Mari Beyleryan
Armenian activist (1877-1915)
Konstantinos Paparrigopoulos
Greek historian and university professor (1815–1891)
Levon Shant
Armenian poet (1869-1951)
Krikor Zohrab
Armenian writer, politician and opinion journalist (1861-1915)
Emine Semiye Önasya
Turkish writer (1866–1944)
Sirarpie Der Nersessian
Armenian art historian (1896–1989)
Can Yücel
Turkish poet (1926–1999)
Agop Dilâçar
Turkish linguist (1895–1979)
Hranush Arshagyan
Armenian poet (1887–1905)
Srpouhi Dussap
Armenian feminist author (1840–1901)
Cyril Mango
British scholar (1928–2021)
Peyami Safa
Turkish journalist and writer (1899–1961)
Abdi İpekçi
Turkish journalist (1929–1979)
Kegham Parseghian
Armenian writer, columnist, publicist, teacher, editor, and journalist
Sevan Nişanyan
Turkish lexicographer and writer of Armenian ancestry (born 1956)
Özdemir Asaf
Turkish poet (1923–1981)
Zahrad
Zareh Yaldizciyan (; 10 May 1924 – 20 February 2007), better known by his pen name Zahrad (), was a poet who lived in Turkey and wrote poems in the Armenian language.
Akif Pirinçci
Turkish-German writer (born 1959)
Roksandra Skarlatovna Edling
(1786-1844)
Abdülhak Şinasi Hisar
Turkish writer (1887–1963)
Çetin Altan
Turkish journalist and statesperson (1927–2015)
Refik Halit Karay
Turkish teacher and writer (1888–1965)
Kemal Tahir
Turkish novelist (1910–1973)
Mikayel Chamchian
Armenian historian (1738-1823)
Necla Kelek
Turco-German feminist and social scientist
Mîna Urgan
Turkish philologist (1915–2000)
Vahakn Dadrian
American academic (1926–2019)
Paghtasar Dpir
Armenian musician, writer, artist and scientist
Ahmet Rasim
Turkish writer (1864–1932)
Sâmiha Ayverdi
Turkish novelist and writer (1905–1993)
Suat Derviş
Turkish writer (1905–1972)
Murathan Mungan
Turkish novelist (born 1955)
Alexandros Rizos Rangavis
Greek diplomat (1809-1892)
John Caradja
Phanariote Greek Prince of Wallachia
Perihan Mağden
Turkish writer (born 1960)