The most important poets are Karacaoglan and Dadaloglu.
There are also many excellent poets who are only known locally.
The best example of Çukurova has been given in the Dervish Literature Style.
It started before Islam and eventually became written rather than oral.
Besides the famous Karacaog lan and Dadaloglu who travelled around Çukurova with their "saz" instruments on their backs, other poets include Asik Yusuf, ilbeyliog-lu, Deli Boran, Asik: Abdullah, Gundeslioglu, Kara Osman, Kul Halil, Kul Seydi Uggozoglu,
Asik Ali ilhami, Asik Omer, Asik Huseyin, Derdiçek, ince Arap, Asik imami, Asik Halil Karabulut, Asik Kid Mustafa, Asik Haci Karakilçik, Feymani, Asik Abdulvahap Koca-man, Asik Deli Hazim Demirci, and sair Dagistan Kiliçarslan.
They introduced Cukurova culture with their poems and epochs of sorrow and joy.
Women poets are just as famous as the men.
The most famous include Dudu, Nazli Gelin, and Sinem Kiz from Karaisali County; Hasibe Hatun from the Avsar tribe, and Hasibe Ramazanoglufrom Adana.
Cukurova culture has also been worked and folk culture by the researc writing of Halil Atilgan, the Social-Economic with novels of Cukurova of Yasar Kemal, history and culture researches of Cezmi Yurtsever and ismet ipek, photograph and painting of cultural heritage of Yusuf Erkisi, Cukurova region archaeological researches with founder Head of Department Archaeology and Art History of Cukurova University of Associate Professor Dr. K. Serdar Girginer, painter Ahmet Akata and by many others.