İlhan Cavcav (4 October 1935 – 22 January 2017) was the chairman of Turkish club Gençlerbirliği in Ankara, Turkey for almost 40 years until his death.

He was known for his hard negotiation tactics with the big clubs in Turkey and scouting abilities especially for discovering talent from Africa.

Cavcav left school at the age of 14 in order to help support the family and started to work with his father as a cashier in the mill.

During the leg from Istanbul to Antalya, the aircraft crashed into a mountain killing all 154 passengers and crew on board.

Cavcav has stated that PTT expected him to play professionally and he was unable due to his work at the flour mill with his father.

In recent years, Gençlerbirliği fans have been highly critical of Cavcav stating that the club turned into a company seeking for the maximum profit and ignoring the target of success in the Turkish League and in European competitions.

In November 2014, Cavcav announced that he would be fining bearded players, claiming that they were a bad influence for the youth.