.htaccess multiple rewrite rules on multiple php files not working - apache

Question

I'm new on .htaccess and rewrite rules. So if my question is not relevant, please forgive me.
I have below Rewrite rule;
RewriteRule ^\yazarlar$ /writer-list.php [L]
I'm trying to achieve if someone hit url http://example.com/yazarlar or http://example.com/yazarlar/ they should see http://example.com/writer-list.php file. But it's not working.
Am i missing something?
FULL .htaccess
Options +FollowSymLinks -MultiViews
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteCond ${REQUEST_URI} ^.+$
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} \.(gif|jpe?g|png|js|css|swf|php|ico|txt|pdf|xml)$ [OR]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -f [OR]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -d [OR]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -l
RewriteRule ^ - [L]
## If the request is for a valid directory
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -d [OR]
## If the request is for a valid file
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -f [OR]
## If the request is for a valid link
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -l
## don't do anything
RewriteRule ^ - [L]
RewriteRule ^haber/([^/]+)-([^/]+)/?$ article.php?link=$1&i=$2 [L]
RewriteRule ^([^/]+)/([0-9]?)?$ /article-list.php?link=$1&page=$2 [L]
RewriteRule ^([^/]+)?$ /article-list.php?link=$1 [L]
RewriteRule ^\yazarlar$ /writer-list.php [L]

Answer 1

No need to escape the \y and remove redundant rules:
Options +FollowSymLinks -MultiViews
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} \.(gif|jpe?g|png|js|css|swf|php|ico|txt|pdf|xml)$ [OR]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -f [OR]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -d [OR]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -l
RewriteRule ^ - [L]
RewriteRule ^yazarlar/?$ writer-list.php [L,NC]
RewriteRule ^haber/([^/]+)-([^/]+)/?$ article.php?link=$1&i=$2 [L,QSA,NC]
RewriteRule ^([^/]+)/([0-9]+)/?$ article-list.php?link=$1&page=$2 [L,QSA]
RewriteRule ^([^/]+)/?$ article-list.php?link=$1 [L,QSA]