List of Turkish composers

This is a chronological list of notable composers of the Republic of Turkey.

• Hammamizade İsmail Dede Efendi (1778–1846)
• Şakir Ağa (born 1779-1840)
• Abdülaziz [Sultan] (1830–1876)
• Murad V [Sultan] (1840–1904)
• Leyla Saz [Leyla Hanimefendi] (1850–1936)
• Fehime Sultan (1875–1929)
• The Turkish Five
• Cemal Reşit Rey (1904–1985), symphonic music, operas, chamber music, operettas and musicals
• Ulvi Cemal Erkin (1906–1972), symphonic music, choral music, solo piano, chamber music
• Ahmed Adnan Saygun (1907–1991), symphonic music, oratorio, choral music, chamber music, opera, ballet music
• Bülent Arel (1919–1990)
• İlhan Usmanbaş (born 1921)
• Ertuğrul Oğuz Fırat (1923–2014)
• Nevit Kodallı (1925–2009) symphonic music
• İlhan Mimaroğlu (1926–2012)
• Ferit Tüzün (born 1929-1977)
• Cengiz Tanç (born 1933-1997)
• Ahmet Yürür (born 1941)
• Pınar Köksal (born 1946)
• Kamran İnce (born 1960)
• Aydın Esen (born 1962)
• Hasan Uçarsu (born 1965)
• Mehmet Nemutlu (born 1966)
• Özkan Manav (born 1967)
• Emre Aracı (born 1968)
• Alper Maral (born 1969)
• Fazıl Say (born 1970)
• Tolga Tüzün (born 1971)
• Emre Dündar (born 1972) A member of Istanbul Composers Collective
• Onur Türkmen (born 1972)
• Tolga Yayalar (born 1973)
• Füsun Köksal (born 1973)
• Tolga Zafer Özdemir (born 1975)
• Evrim Demirel (born 1977)
• Oğuzhan Balcı (born 1977)
• Berkant Gençkal (born 1977)
• Murat Yakın (born 1977)
• A.Çağlar Arsu (born 1978)
• Onur Dülger (born 1979) A member of Istanbul Composers Collective
• Merve Erez (born 1986)
• Mehmet Ali Uzunselvi (born 1980) A member of Istanbul Composers Collective
• Utku Asuroğlu (born 1986)
• Mehmet Erhan Tanman (born 1989)
• Uğurcan Öztekin (born 1990) A member of Istanbul Composers Collective
• Mithatcan Öcal (born 1992) A member of Istanbul Composers Collective
• Aslıhan Keçebaşoğlu (born 1994)
• Emre Eröz (born 1995)