Pamuk's favourite Istanbuli writers, who meant inspiration for him and also became figures of his book, are Yahya Kemal Beyatlı, Reşat Ekrem Koçu, Abdülhak Şinasi Hisar, Ahmet Rasim and Ahmet Hamdi Tanpınar.
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk | Yaşar Kemal | Yahya Jammeh | Yahya Ould Ahmed El Waghef | Yahya Kemal Beyatlı | Sultan Yahya Petra Bridge | Namık Kemal | Khalid Yahya Blankinship | Kemal Dervis | Kemal | Yasar Kemal | Yahya Taher Abdullah | Yahya ibn Salama al-Kalbi | Yahya ibn Ma'in | Yahya Goba | Yahya al-Laithi | Yahya | United States Naval Communications Station Sidi Yahya El Gharb | Sultan Yahya | Mustafa Kemal's visit to Çay | Mustafa Kemal Atatürk's | Mustafa Kemal Ataturk | Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu | Kemal Gekić | Ja'far ibn Yahya | Ali Kemal Bey | Abu Bakr bin Yahya al-Suli |