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

• Hammamizade İsmail Dede Efendi (1778–1846)
• Abdülaziz (1830–1876)
• Murad V (1840–1904)
• Leyla Saz (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 (1929-1977)
• Pınar Köksal (1946–2019)
• Aydın Esen (born 1962)
• Gülçin Yahya Kaçar (born 1966)
• Özkan Manav (born 1967)
• Emre Aracı (born 1968)
• Fazıl Say (born 1970)
• Füsun Köksal (born 1973)
• Evrim Demirel (born 1977)
• Oğuzhan Balcı (born 1977)
• Zeynep Gedizlioğlu (born 1977)
• Mehmet Erhan Tanman (born 1989)