Hakan Günday is a Turkish writer. He was born on the island of Rhodes in 1976. He lived in Brussels as a boy, before moving to Ankara where he completed high school. He studied in Hacettepe University, Université Libre de Bruxelles and Ankara University.

His first novel Kinyas ve Kayra came out in 2000. Notable works include Loss (Ziyan), which won the Prix France-Turquie, and More (Daha) which won the Prix Médicis étranger.