The best novels of all time

in the Turkish language

Selected by piero scaruffi
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  1. Adalet Agaoglu (1929): "Dar Zamanlar/ Tight Times" ("Olmeye Yatmak/ Lying to Die", 1973) +
  2. Adalet Agaoglu (1929): "Bir Dugun Gecesi/ A Wedding Night" (1979) +
  3. Adalet Agaoglu (1929): "Hayr/ No" (1987) +
  4. Mustafa Necati Sepetcioglu (1932): "Ve Canakkale" (1989) +
  5. Orhan Pamuk (1952): "Kara Kitap/ Black Book" (1990) +
  6. Tarik Bugra (1918): "Ibisin Ruyasi/ The Dream of Ibis" (1970) +
  7. Namik/ Namiq Kemal (1840): "Intibah/ Awakening" (1876) +
  8. Ahmet Hamdi Tanpinar (1901): "Saatleri Ayarlama Enstitusu/ The Time Regulation Institute" (1954) +
  9. Mustafa Necati Sepetcioglu (1932): "Daradacy/ The Gallows" (1979) +
  10. Orhan Pamuk (1952): "Sessiz Ev/ Silent House" (1983) +
  11. Yakup/Yaqub Kadri/Qadri Karaosmanoglu (1888): "Yaban/ Stranger" (1932) +
  12. Ismail Kemalettin Demir/ Kemal Tahir (1910): "Devlet Ana/ Mother State" (1967) +
  13. Yashar Kemal (1923): "Ince Memed/ Memed My Hawk" (1955) +
  14. Tarik Dursun Kakinc (1931): "Kursun Ata Ata Biter/ Shooting Uses Up Bullets" (1983) +
  15. Oguz Atay (1934): "Tutunamayanlar/ Losers" (1972) +
  16. Ahmed Midhat Efendi (1844): "Musahedat/ Observations" (1891) +
  17. Orhan Pamuk (1952): "Masumiyet Muzesi/ The Museum of Innocence" (2008) +
  18. Selim Ileri (1949): "Solmaz Hanim Kimsesiz Okurlar Icin" (1999) +
  19. Latife Tekin (1957): "Sevgili Arsiz Olum/ Dear Shameless Death" (1983) +
  20. Elif Shafak (1971): "Sehrin Aynalan/ Mirrors of the City" (1999) +
  21. Elif Shafak (1971): "Baba ve Pic/ Bastard of Istanbul" (2006) +
  22. Elif Shafak (1971): "Havva'nin Uc Kizi/ Three Daughters of Eve" (2016) +
  23. Tarik Bugra (1918): "Kucuk Aga/ Little Lord" (1966) +
  24. Attila Ilhan (1925): "Sirtlan Payi/ Hyena's Share" (1975) +
  25. Recaizade Ekrem (1847): "Araba Sevdasi/ Carriage Affair" (1898) +
  26. Sabahattin Ali (1908): "Kurk Mantolu Madonna/ Madonna in a Fur Coat" (1943) +
  27. Elif Shafak (1971): "On Dakika Otuz Sekiz Saniye/ 10 Minutes 38 Seconds in this Strange World" (2018) +
  28. Halide Edip Adivar (1883): "Handan/ Family" (1912) +
  29. Onat Kutlar (1936): "Ishak/ Isaac" (1959) +
  30. Sevgi Soysal (1936): "Yenisehirde Bir Ogle Vakti/ Noon-Time in Yenisehir" (1974) +
  31. Sevgi Soysal (1936): "Safak/ Dawn" (1975) +
  32. Bilge Karasu (1930): "Gece/ Night" (1985) +
  33. Refik Halit Karay (1888): "Memleket Hikayeleri" (1919) +

Chronological

Arabic literature
Turkish literature
Hebrew literature