15 May] 1893 – 13 October 1937) was a prominent Crimean Tatar poet and professor of Turkic languages who was one of the victims of the Great Purge.

In the midst of a successful academic career, at the age of 44, Çoban-zade was arrested by Soviet authorities for alleged subversive activities against the state and was sentenced to death.

In January 1937, Çoban-zade was placed on leave without pay by an order of the Soviet Academy of Sciences and subsequently arrested.

Twenty years after his death, in response to an appeal from Çobanzade's wife, a military court of the USSR reversed the decision against him.

For more information about Çoban-zade and samples of his poetry, see the Web site of the International Committee for Crimea.