Akif Pirinçci (Turkish pronunciation: [aːˈcif piɾintʃˈdʒi]; born 20 October 1959) is a Turkish-born German writer who is best known internationally for his novel Felidae.

After a highly controversial speech for the Pegida movement in 2015, he had his contracts cancelled and works delisted by his publishers, Amazon and most booksellers in Germany.

While writing and publishing these non-fiction essays, Pirinçci also increasingly came in contact with functionaries of the anti-Islamic movement Pegida, the right-wing populist party Alternative for Germany, and the small right-wing German Freedom Party, who organized lecture tours where Pirinçci would read from his two political essay books.

At the same time, Amazon Germany chose to de-list his books so they can't be found through searches or ordered through the website.

[9] Two weeks after his Pegida speech, Pirinçci told Der Spiegel that the boycott of all his books overnight (except for the two political essay collections at Manufactum) as well as his public notoriety resulting from the affair made him seriously consider emigration.