This is a list of notable painters from, or associated with,

Turkey Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ), is a list of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country located mainly on the Anatolia, Anatolian Peninsula in Western Asia, with ...

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* Haluk Akakçe (born 1970) *

Ahmet Ziya Akbulut Ahmet Ziya Akbulut (27 June 1869, Constantinople - 17 April 1938, Istanbul) was a Turkish landscape and architectural painter. Biography He attended Kuleli Military High School, then went to the Turkish Military Academy and studied art with Osma ...

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Halil Altındere Halil Altındere (born in 1971 in Mardin, lives in Istanbul) is a contemporary artist. His work includes video, sculpture, photography, installation, performance, as well as collaborative editorial and curatorial projects. The themes of his work ...

(born 1971) *

Avni Arbaş Avni Arbaş (1919 – October 16, 2003) was a Turkish painter of Circassian descent. Arbaş was born in Istanbul, in the Constantinople Vilayet of the Ottoman Empire. He is best known for his paintings of scenes from daily life in Turkey, the T ...

(1919-2003) * Burak Arıkan (born 1976) *

Hale Asaf Hale Asaf, originally Hale Saliha (1905, Istanbul - 31 May 1938, Paris) was a Turkish painter of Georgian, Abkhazan and Circassian ancestry. She was the niece of Turkey's first female artist, Mihri Müşfik Hanım. Unlike many Turkish artists of ...

(1905-1938) * Tomur Atagok (born 1939) *

Ruzen Atakan Ruzen Atakan (born 1966) in Akincilar is a Turkish-Cypriot painter and the daughter of a school teacher Kemal Atakan. She graduated from Gazi University Turkey, in 1988. She has had three solo shows and took part in mixed and group exhibitions in C ...

(born 1966)

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İbrahim Balaban İbrahim Balaban (1 January 1921 – 9 June 2019) was a Turkish painter. Early years and private life He was born at Seçköy village of Osmangazi district in Bursa Province in 1921. His parents did not allow him to pursue further education after ...

(born 1921) *

Bedri Baykam Bedri Baykam is a Turkish artist. Early life Baykam was born in Ankara, Turkey. Baykam's father, Dr. Suphi Baykam, is a deputy in the Turkish parliament, and his mother, Mutahhar Baykam, is an architectural engineer. Baykam studied at Sorbonne ...

(born 1957)

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Taner Ceylan Taner Ceylan (born 1967) is a German-born Turkish photo-realist artist. He lives and works in Istanbul. Biography Taner Ceylan studied painting in the Fine Arts Faculty at Mimar Sinan University between 1986 - 1991. He then worked for the Fine ...

(born 1967) *

Sevgi Çağal Sevgi Çağal, born on February 17, 1957, in New York City, U.S. is a Turkish painter and sculptor. Sevgi was educated in French linguistics at the New York University from 1974 to 1978, from where she received a BA degree. In 1976, Çağal st ...

(born 1957) *

Nevin Çokay Nevin Çokay (born 1930-July 24, 2012) was a Turkish painter and high school teacher of art and history of art. Life Çokay was born in Istanbul, and spent her childhood in different regions of Turkey. In 1947, she started to attend to the stud ...

(1930-2012) *

Adnan Çoker Adnan Coker (; 20 October 1927 – 22 August 2022) was a Turkish abstract artist.)(English mention states "Turkish artists such as abstract masters Devrim Erbil and Adnan Coker") Coker was born in Süleymaniye in Istanbul on 20 October 1927. H ...

(born 1927) * Nusret Çolpan (1952-2008) * Gürkan Coşkun (born 1941)

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* Abidin Dino (1913-1993) *

Burhan Doğançay Burhan C. Doğançay (11 September 1929 – 16 January 2013) was a Turkish-American artist. Doğançay is best known for tracking walls in various cities across the world for half a century, integrating them in his artistic work. Biography ...

(1929-2013)

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(born 1940) * Bedri Rahmi Eyüboğlu (1913-1975)

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* Ertuğrul Oğuz Fırat (1923–2014)

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Bahadır Gökay Bahadır Gökay (born 1955 in Istanbul) is a Turkish painter. He graduated from the Department of Graphics in the State School of Higher Education of Applied Fine Arts Istanbul (now known as Marmara University, Graphic Design) in 1982. He was yet a ...

(born 1955) * Genco Gulan (born 1969) *

Hatice Güleryüz Hatice Güleryüz (born February 18, 1968) is a contemporary Turkish artist. She has worked in video, film, photography, art books and drawing. Life and work Hatice Güleryüz was born in Denizli, Turkey. She has a bachelor's degree in fine art ...

(born 1968) *

Nazmi Ziya Güran Nazmi Ziya Güran (1881 – 11 September 1937) was a Turkish Impressionist painter and art teacher. Biography He was born in Istanbul. His father was a civil servant. He attended Vefa Lisesi, Turkey's first non-military high school,Mehmet Güreli Mehmet Güreli (born 1949 in Istanbul) is a Turkish writer, painter, director and musician. He graduated from Istanbul University, majoring in philosophy. He started working for the ''Hürriyet ''Hürriyet'' (, ''Liberty'') is one of the m ...

(born 1949)

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* Osman Hamdi Bey (1842-1910) *

Haydar Hatemi Haydar Hatemi (born March 3, 1945 in Hadishahr) is an Iranian artist whose work is based on blends of classical oriental styles such as miniature and tazhib, with some modern elements. His early studies in art started at Tabriz's Art Academy af ...

(born 1945)

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* Ömer Ali Kazma (born 1971)

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Abdulcelil Levni Levnî Abdülcelil Çelebi (1680s–1732) was an early 18th century Ottoman court painter under the Sultans Mustafa II and Ahmed III. He was a prominent Ottoman miniaturist during the Tulip Period, well-regarded for his traditional yet innovati ...

(1680-1732)

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* Elif Naci (1898-1987)

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Setenay Özbek Setenay Özbek (born 1961, in Istanbul, Turkey) is a Turkish-born artist, writer, and documentary filmmaker. Özbek is of Ubykh descent. Biography Özbek was born in 1961 in Istanbul, Turkey and she attended Erenköy Girls High School. In 1990, ...

(born 1961)

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* Halil Paşa (1857-1939) * Hüseyin Zekai Paşa (1860-1919) *

Şeker Ahmet Paşa Şeker, meaning "sugar", is a masculine Turkish given name, which also appears as a surname. Given name * Şeker Ahmet Paşa, Turkish painter Surname * Alişan Şeker (born 1986), Turkish footballer * Busem Şeker (born 1998), Turkish-German wo ...

(1841-1907)

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Hasan Rıza Hasan Rıza (1858, Istanbul – 16 March 1913, Edirne)Süheyl Ünver: ''Şehit Ressam Hasan Rıza ve Resimleri'', Trakya Üniversitesi Yayınları, Online @ Eğitim Bilişim Ağı was a military painter from the Ottoman Empire. He was killed dur ...

(1857−1913) *

Hoca Ali Riza Hoca is the Turkish spelling of the Persian word Khawaja (Persian: خواجه ''khwāja, khâjeh''), used as a title, given name or surname. As a title, Hoca (variant ''Hodja'') means “master” and is commonly used for teachers, professors ...

(1858-1939)

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* Ibrahim Safi (1898-1983) *

Gizem Saka Gizem Saka (born 9 April 1978, Istanbul) is a contemporary Turkish artist and an economist. She is a senior lecturer at the Wharton School of Business, University of Pennsylvania, and a visiting lecturer at Harvard University, teaching art marke ...

(born 1978) *

Fikret Mualla Saygı Fikret Muallâ Saygı (July 20, 1903 in Kadıköy, Istanbul, Ottoman Empire – July 20, 1967, in Reillanne, France) was a 20th-century avant-garde painter of Turkish descent. His work reflects influences from Expressionism and Fauvism, with subje ...

(1904-1967) *

Sarkis Zabunyan Sarkis Zabunyan ( hy, Սարգիս Զաբունյան), known as Sarkis, ( hy, Սարգիս; born September 26, 1938) is a French conceptual artist. Biography Born in Istanbul in 1938, Sarkis studied French, painting and interior design bef ...

(born 1938)

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Sali Turan Sali Turan (born 1949, Trabzon) is a Turkish painter. He lives in Istanbul ) , postal_code_type = Postal code , postal_code = 34000 to 34990 , area_code = +90 212 (European side) +90 216 (Asian side) , ...

(born 1949)