Şükûfe Nihal Başar (1896 – 26 September 1973) was a Turkish educator, poet and activist, who took part in women's liberation movements during Turkey's nation building process.

Şükûfe Nihal was born in Yeniköy, Sarıyer neighborhood of Istanbul in 1896.

She graduated from the Geography department of the Literature Faculty of İstanbul Darülfünün in 1919.

From 1917 on, her poems and articles were published in various periodicals like "Türk Kadını" ("Turkish Woman"), "Yeni mecmua" ("New Periodical"), "Haftalık Gazete" ("Weekly Newspaper"), "Şair" ("Poet"), "Şair Nedim ve İfham" ("Poet Nedim and Inspiration"), "Dergâh" ("Dervish Lodge"), "Süs" ("Ornament"), "Firuze", "Kadın Yolu" (""Road of Woman), "Güneş" ("Sun")and "Hayat" ("Life").

Wanting to represent and express the voice of "the new women" of the early Turkish Republican era, she highlighted female characters in her short stories and novels.