Ülkü Tamer, (20 February 1937–1 April 2018) was a Turkish poet, journalist, actor and translator.
[1] Born in Gaziantep, the artist is the eldest of three sons (Ülkü, Aykut, Tankut) of Hasan Tahsin Bey, one of the first weavers of Antep, and Fatma Hanım, who is known as the first bride of Antep from outside the province (Eskişehir).
Ülkü Tamer's father, Hasan Tahsin Bey, said, "He is one of the resistance fighters who fought against the French in the siege of Antep.
He has translated more than seventy books and prepared poetry anthologies.
He won the 1967 Yeditepe Poetry Award for his book "İçime Çektiğim Hava Değil Gökyüzüdür" (1966), the Endre Ady Award given by the People's Republic of Hungary for his translations in 1979, and the 1991 Yunus Nadi Award for his short story book "Alleben Öyküleri", In 2014, he was deemed worthy of the Melih Cevdet Anday Poetry Award with his book "Bir Name Is Journey".