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- PoetryDîvânYunus Emre · 1300not translated into EnglishMystical songs in the Old Anatolian Turkish, sung ever since in the convents.Literature
- PoetryGaribnâmeÂşık Pasha · 1330not translated into EnglishA Sufi manual in verse, arranged by the numbers from one to ten.Literature
- EpicThe Book of Dede KorkutDede Korkut KitabıAnonymous · 1400Twelve tales of nomad heroes, through which an old bard who gives names passes.Literature
- PoetryÇeng-nâmeAhmed-i Dâi · 1406not translated into EnglishA musical instrument at the heart of a Sufi allegory in verse.Literature
- PoetryHüsrev ü ŞirinŞeyhî · 1421not translated into EnglishA verse romance of love, freely adapted from a Persian model for an Ottoman sovereign.Literature
- PoetryLeyla and MejnunLeylâ vü MecnûnFuzûlî · 1535The Arabian legend of the separated lovers, told in Turkish verse.Literature
- PoetryDîvânAhmed Nedîm · 1720not translated into EnglishThe pleasures of Istanbul in the Tulip Era, sung in a language close to everyday speech.Literature
- PoetryDîvânKoca Ragıb Paşa · 1760not translated into EnglishSententious verses by a grand vizier, several of which have entered the common language.Literature
- PoetryBeauty and LoveHüsn ü AşkŞeyh Galib · 1783A long mystical poem in which Love must pass through trials to deserve Beauty.Literature
- PoetryMihnet-keşânKeçecizâde İzzet Molla · 1824not translated into EnglishAn exile told by the exile himself, with its staging posts, its people and its reflection.Literature
- PoetryDîvânDertli (İbrahim) · 1840not translated into EnglishThe songs of a wandering bard, between satire, lament and the piety of the brotherhoods.Literature
- TheatreThe Wedding of a PoetŞair EvlenmesiIbrahim Shinasi · 1860A poet discovers on his wedding day that he has been given the elder sister of the woman he loves.Literature
- PoetryZafernameZiya Pasha · 1870not translated into EnglishA pamphlet against the head of the Ottoman government, disguised as praise of his victory in Crete.LiteraturePublic domain
- TheatreVatan yahut SilistreNamık Kemal · 1873not translated into EnglishA young woman, dressed as a man, follows the volunteer she loves into a besieged fortress.Literature
- NovelHasan Mellâh yâhud Sır İçinde EsrarAhmet Mithat · 1874not translated into EnglishA young sailor pursues across all the seas the abductor of the girl he loves.Literature
- PoetrySahraAbdülhak Hâmit Tarhan · 1879not translated into EnglishA poet sets rural life against urban life, and prefers the former.Literature
- NovelMuhâderatFatma Aliye · 1892not translated into EnglishAn educated young woman, married by force, flees under a false name.Literature
- PoetryRubab-ı ŞikesteTevfik Fikret · 1900not translated into EnglishIntimate poems about family, nature, love and melancholy, published under the name of a broken instrument.Literature
- NovelŞıpsevdiHüseyin Rahmi Gürpınar · 1911not translated into EnglishA young man back from Paris without a degree lies about a lottery in order to make a rich marriage.Literature
- NovelYeni TuranHalide Edib Adıvar · 1913not translated into EnglishTwo parties contend for the future of an imagined Turkey, and a woman activist finds herself caught between them.Literature
- CinemaHimmet Ağa'nın İzdivacıFuat Uzkınay and Sigmund Weinberg · 1916A farce of forced marriage, filmed during the war and then completed in 1918.Cinema
- CinemaPençeSedat Simavi · 1917A silent fiction film of 1917 whose plot is not described by any source.Cinema
- NovelYalnız EfeÖmer Seyfettin · 1918not translated into EnglishA peasant's daughter, denied justice after her father's murder, takes to the mountains as an outlaw.Literature
- Short storiesMemleket HikâyeleriRefik Halid Karay · 1919not translated into EnglishStories of Anatolian small towns, written by a man who had been banished there.Literature
- CinemaMürebbiyeAhmet Fehim · 1919A Parisian governess upends a great house in Istanbul.Cinema
- CinemaAteşten GömlekMuhsin Ertuğrul · 1923A widow from Izmir joins the Anatolian resistance as a nurse.Cinema
- PoetryKaldırımlarNecip Fazıl Kısakürek · 1928not translated into EnglishA nocturnal walker, in an empty city, makes the pavements his only companion.Literature
- NovelFalling LeavesYaprak DökümüReşat Nuri Güntekin · 1930An honest father watches his household fall apart, as his family seek a life that is not theirs.Literature
- NovelYabanYakup Kadri Karaosmanoğlu · 1932not translated into EnglishA maimed officer withdraws among the peasants for whom he believed he had fought the war.Literature
- Short storiesDeğirmenSabahattin Ali · 1935not translated into EnglishSixteen early stories, including that of a Gypsy musician in love with a young disabled woman.Literature
- Short storiesSemaverSait Faik Abasıyanık · 1936not translated into EnglishThe ordinary people of Istanbul, caught in everyday moments.Literature
- PoetryDeyişlerÂşık Veysel · 1944not translated into EnglishThe first collection of a blind bard who sang of the black earth and the long road.Literature
- PoetryGüzellemeOktay Rifat · 1945not translated into EnglishPoems that take up a sung form from the popular tradition.Literature
- PoetryKapalı ÇarşıBehçet Necatigil · 1945not translated into EnglishThe first poems of a man who will make the house and the family his subject matter.Literature
- PoetryOddGaripOrhan Veli Kanık · 1945Poems in spoken language, without metre or rhyme, about ordinary life.Literature
- PoetryOtuz beş yaşCahit Sıtkı Tarancı · 1946not translated into EnglishA man who has reached midlife takes stock of what he has lost.Literature
- Short storiesOtlakçıMemduh Şevket Esendal · 1946not translated into EnglishShort stories about ordinary life, from a filched pinch of tobacco to a pillow that someone is looking for.Literature
- PoetryDuvarAttilâ İlhan · 1948not translated into EnglishA first collection of poems of war, captivity and hope, published by the author at his own expense.Literature
- PoetryAsuFazıl Hüsnü Dağlarca · 1955not translated into EnglishAn abstract, meditative collection on man and life, which does not give up on meaning.Literature
- NovelMemed, My Hawkİnce MemedYaşar Kemal · 1955A boy from the Taurus takes to the hills against the agha who holds his village.Literature
- PoetryYanyanaMelih Cevdet Anday · 1956not translated into EnglishA collection from the poet's committed period, between his beginnings in the Garip movement and his poems turned towards myths.Literature
- PoetryKörfezSezai Karakoç · 1959not translated into EnglishA first collection of love and absence, in which, according to one study, the rose stands in for the beloved.Literature
- CinemaFosforlu CevriyeAydın Arakon · 1959The life of a girl from Galata, taking its title from a Turkish novel.Cinema
- NovelThe Time Regulation InstituteSaatleri Ayarlama EnstitüsüAhmet Hamdi Tanpınar · 1961The memoirs of a former watchmaker's apprentice, drawn by a bureaucrat into the creation of an institute devoted to the correct time.Literature
- PoetryKendi Gök KubbemizYahya Kemal Beyatlı · 1961not translated into EnglishPoems on Istanbul, history, death and love, gathered after the author's death.Literature
- Short storiesSusuz YazNecati Cumalı · 1962not translated into EnglishAegean stories, the best known of which sets a landowner against a whole village over a pond.Literature
- NovelEskici ve OğullarıOrhan Kemal · 1962not translated into EnglishA ruined cobbler of Adana urges his elder son to leave, and the younger one rebels.Literature
- NovelToprak UyanırsaŞevket Süreyya Aydemir · 1963not translated into EnglishThe supposed memoirs of a village schoolmaster, the only novel by its author according to his bibliographies.Literature
- CinemaDry SummerSusuz YazMetin Erksan · 1963Two brothers, a dammed spring and a village deprived of water.Cinema
- CinemaGurbet KuşlarıHalit Refiğ · 1964A family from Kahramanmaraş tries its luck in Istanbul.Cinema
- CinemaKaranlıkta UyananlarErtem Göreç · 1964Workers prepare a work stoppage, and a son inherits the factory.Cinema
- CinemaYasak SokaklarFeyzi Tuna · 1965An unemployed young man looks for the means to follow a girl from Nişantaşı.Cinema
- CinemaBitmeyen YolDuygu Sağıroğlu · 1965Migrants from Anatolia look for work in Istanbul.Cinema
- PoetryGeceleyin Bir Koşuİsmet Özel · 1966not translated into EnglishA first collection of adolescence, divided between the father, the body and anguish.Literature
- PoetryHuman Landscapes from My CountryMemleketimden İnsan ManzaralarıNâzım Hikmet · 1966A novel in verse that starts from two trains leaving Istanbul and crosses an entire society.Literature
- NovelTante RosaSevgi Soysal · 1968not translated into EnglishThe life of a Bavarian woman who leaves her family, told in episodes.Literature
- NovelFosforlu CevriyeSuat Derviş · 1968not translated into EnglishA street girl from Istanbul nursed by a wanted activist.Literature
- PoetryBakış KuşuHilmi Yavuz · 1969not translated into EnglishThe first book of a poet whose beginnings owe much to the Second New movement.Literature
- CinemaAfacan Küçük SerseriÜlkü Erakalın · 1970The second film in a series made around a child actor.Cinema
- CinemaDönüşTürkan Şoray · 1972A day labourer stands up to a landowner while her husband works in Germany.Cinema
- NovelÖlmeye YatmakAdalet Ağaoğlu · 1973not translated into EnglishA university teacher shuts herself in a hotel to die and goes back over her life.Literature
- CinemaDüğünLütfi Akad · 1973A family from Urfa sells its daughters for the sake of a business, and the eldest resists.Cinema
- CinemaBedranaSüreyya Duru · 1974A herder caught between his wife and the customs of his village.Cinema
- PoetryNe Yağmur… Ne ŞiirlerAtaol Behramoğlu · 1976not translated into EnglishA collection from the militant years, seized when it was reissued under the military regime.Literature
- CinemaMadenYavuz Özkan · 1978An activist urges the miners of Zonguldak to demand their safety.Cinema
- CinemaThe HerdSürüZeki Ökten · 1978A vendetta, a mute woman and a flock to be sold in Ankara.Cinema
- CinemaHazalAli Özgentürk · 1979A young woman forcibly married to a child flees her village with a mason.Cinema
- CinemaOn Fertile LandsBereketli Topraklar ÜzerindeErden Kıral · 1979Three villagers set off to hire themselves out in the Çukurova plain.Cinema
- CinemaDevlet KuşuMemduh Ün · 1980A poor boy hesitates between his neighbour and a contractor's daughter.Cinema
- CinemaKırık Bir Aşk HikâyesiÖmer Kavur · 1981A newly arrived teacher and a reluctant fiancé, in Ayvalık.Cinema
- CinemaYolYılmaz Güney and Şerif Gören · 1982Five prisoners on leave return to a country under military rule.Cinema
- CinemaÇiçek AbbasSinan Çetin · 1982A minibus apprentice dreams of his own vehicle and of his boss's fiancée.Cinema
- NovelDear Shameless DeathSevgili Arsız ÖlümLatife Tekin · 1983A family tossed between a village and the city, amid djinns and prayers.Literature
- CinemaBir Yudum SevgiAtıf Yılmaz · 1984A mother of four children goes to work in a factory and takes charge of her life.Cinema
- CinemaKaşık DüşmanıBilge Olgaç · 1984A village loses its women in an explosion, and a German crew comes to film.Cinema
- NovelNightGeceBilge Karasu · 1985The nocturnal terror of a nameless police state, told by voices that contradict one another.Literature
- NovelThe White CastleBeyaz KaleOrhan Pamuk · 1985A captive Venetian scholar and his Ottoman master, who resembles him feature for feature.Literature
- CinemaZüğürt AğaNesli Çölgeçen · 1985A village lord ruined by drought sets off to remake his life in Istanbul.Cinema
- CinemaBir Avuç CennetMuammer Özer · 1985A family from the village makes a home of an abandoned bus.Cinema
- CinemaMuhsin BeyYavuz Turgul · 1987An old classical music producer takes a young singer from the provinces under his wing.Cinema
- CinemaYer Demir Gök BakırZülfü Livaneli · 1987Indebted villagers turn one of their own into a holy healer.Cinema
- CinemaArabeskErtem Eğilmez · 1988Two lovers constantly kept apart, in a parody of sung melodramas.Cinema
- CinemaDon't Let Them Shoot the KiteUçurtmayı VurmasınlarTunç Başaran · 1989A child follows his mother into prison and becomes attached to a political prisoner.Cinema
- CinemaMinyeli AbdullahYücel Çakmaklı · 1990A pious man from Minya is arrested for meetings held at his home.Cinema
- CinemaCamdan KalpFehmi Yaşar · 1990A screenwriter with writer's block wants to save the employee who keeps his house.Cinema
- CinemaSuyun Öte YanıTomris Giritlioğlu · 1991A released academic and his wife spend the summer at the home of a Cretan refugee.Cinema
- CinemaBir Aşk UğrunaTunca Yönder · 1994A woman betrayed by her husband falls in love with another man, during the war years.Cinema
- Cinemaİstanbul Kanatlarımın AltındaMustafa Altıoklar · 1996Ottoman scholars dream of flying, under a sultan who forbids a great deal.Cinema
- CinemaTabutta RövaşataDerviş Zaim · 1996A homeless man finds shelter at night in parked cars, on the shore of the Bosphorus.Cinema
- CinemaInnocenceMasumiyetZeki Demirkubuz · 1997A man released from prison becomes attached to a singer and her daughter, in a hotel.Cinema
- CinemaUsta Beni ÖldürseneBarış Pirhasan · 1997An old tightrope walker and his apprentice, in a circus threatened by a war.Cinema
- CinemaOn BoardGemideSerdar Akar · 1998The crew of a dredger abducts a young woman and keeps her on board.Cinema
- CinemaJourney to the SunGüneşe YolculukYeşim Ustaoğlu · 1999Two young workers, one from the west and the other Kurdish, who become friends in the big city.Cinema
- CinemaMayıs SıkıntısıNuri Bilge Ceylan · 1999A filmmaker returns to his home town to film his parents and those close to him.Cinema
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