- Source: State Artist (Turkey)
State Artist (Turkish: Devlet Sanatçısı, also sometimes translated as "National Artist") is an honorary title granted to prominent artists by the government of Turkey for their contributions to the Turkish culture. It was established in 1971 by the President of Turkey (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.
= 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, 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
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
See also
National Artist, People's Artist, similar awards in other states
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