State Artist (, also sometimes translated as "National Artist") is an honorary title granted to prominent

artist An artist is a person engaged in an activity related to creating art, practicing the arts, or demonstrating the work of art. The most common usage (in both everyday speech and academic discourse) refers to a practitioner in the visual arts o ...

s by the government of

Turkey Turkey, officially the Republic of Türkiye, is a country mainly located in Anatolia in West Asia, with a relatively small part called East Thrace in Southeast Europe. It borders the Black Sea to the north; Georgia (country), Georgia, Armen ...

for their contributions to the Turkish culture. It was established in 1971 by the

President of Turkey The president of Turkey, officially the president of the Republic of Türkiye (), is the head of state and head of government of Turkey. The president directs the executive branch of the national government and is the commander-in-chief of the ...

( Cevdet Sunay) and the Minister of Culture and Tourism. The award is issued for people occupied in various categories of arts: music, dance, theatre, photography, cinema, visual arts, literature, etc.

List of State Artists

By year, according to the list by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism of Turkey.State Artists
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1971

* Adnan Saygun, composer * Necil Kazım Akses, composer * Ulvi Cemal Erkin, composer * Mithat Fenmen, composer * İlhan Usmanbaş, composer * Gülay Uğurata, pianist * İdil Biret, pianist * Suna Kan, violinist * Ayla Erduran, violinist * Ayşegül Sarıca, pianist * Verda Erman, pianist

1981

* Nevid Kodallı, composer * Cemal Reşit Rey, composer *

Hikmet Şimşek Hikmet Şimşek (1924, Pervari – 12 October 2001, Ankara) was a Turkish people, Turkish conductor of Western classical music. Life His father was an officer. He was born in Pervari (of Siirt Province). But the family soon moved to Konya. In 1936, ...

, conductor * Gürer Aykal, conductor * İsmail Aşan, violinist * Tunç Ünver, violinist * Cüneyt Gökçer, actor * Yıldız Kenter, actress * Meriç Sümen, ballet dancer * Suna Korad, opera singer

1987

* Nevzat Atlığ, choir conductor * Ayhan Baran, opera singer * Vasfi Rıza Zobu, actor * Bedia Muvahhit, actress * Mükerrem Berk, flutist * Gülsin Onay, pianist * Ayten Gökçer, actress

1988

* Aydın Gün, opera singer * Leyla Gencer, opera singer

1991

* Necdet Yaşar, classical Turkish musician * İsmail Baha Sürelsan, classical Turkish musician * Alaattin Yavaşça, classical Turkish musician * Zeki Müren, classical Turkish musician * Teoman Önaldı, classical Turkish musician * Yesari Asım Arsoy, classical Turkish musician * Sadi Yaver Ataman, Turkish folk musician * Nida Tüfekçi, Turkish folk musician * Mustafa Geceyatmaz, Turkish folk musician * Mustafa Turan, folk dances * Barış Manço, pop music * Hüseyin Sermet, pianist * Güher Pekinel, pianist * Süher Pekinel, pianist * Okan Demiriş, opera singer * Mete Uğur, opera singer * Macide Tanır, actress * Bozkurt Kuruç, actor * Osman F. Seden, film director * Türkan Şoray, film actress * Hülya Koçyiğit, film actress * Orhan Şaik Gökyay, poet * Tarık Buğra, writer * Attila İlhan, writer * Ali Avni Çelebi, painter * Sabri Berkel, painter * Turan Erol, painter * Devrim Erbil, painter * Hüseyin Arıkan Özkan, sculptor * Sadi Diren, ceramic art

1998

* Müzeyyen Senar * Mehveş Emeç * Şefika Kutluer * Tekin Akmansoy * Muazzez Abacı * Metin Akpınar * İzzet Altınmeşe * Selmi Andak * Avni Anıl * Nezihe Araz * Muzaffer Arıkan * Orhan Asena * Semih Balcıoğlu * Recep Bilginer * Ali Can * Koral Çalgan * İnci Çayırlı * Merih Çimenciler * Ali Doğan * Haldun Dormen * Armağan Elçi * Erol Erdinç * Özdemir Erdoğan * Musa Eroğlu * Muazzez Ersoy * Semiha Berksoy * Zeki Alasya * Mengü Ertel * Orhan Gencebay * Nurşen Girginkoç * Rengim Gökmen * Ruşen Güneş * Fahrettin Güven * Nedret Güvenç * Fikret Hakan * Selahattin İçli * Selim İleri * Çolpan İlhan * Yekta Kara * Cemil Karababa * Müşfik Kenter * Kayıhan Keskinok * Levent Kırca * Atilla Manizade * Yusuf Nalkesen * Tankut Öktem * Gazanfer Özcan * Ahmet Özhan * Münir Özkul * Sezen Cumhur Önal * Kutlu Payaslı * Ajda Pekkan *

Ali Poyrazoğlu Ali ibn Abi Talib (; ) was the fourth Rashidun caliph who ruled from until his assassination in 661, as well as the first Shia Imam. He was the cousin and son-in-law of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. Born to Abu Talib ibn Abd al-Muttalib ...

* Ozan Sağdıç * Mustafa Sağyaşar * Samime Sanay * Emel Sayın * Timur Selçuk * Nedret Selçuker * Nesrin Sipahi * Ferit Sidal * Kamil Sönmez * Muammer Sun * Gülriz Sururi * Dinçer Sümer * Şener Şen * Ziya Taşkent * Orhan Taylan * Okay Temiz * Zekai Tunca * Neriman Altındağ Tüfekçi * Dilek Türker * Nejat Uygur * Necdet Varol * Gönül Yazar * Jale Yılmabaşar * Nilüfer Yumlu * Metin Yurdanur * Gülşen Tatu

References

1971 establishments in Turkey Lists of celebrities Honorary titles of Turkey