İlhan Kesici (born 22 November 1948) is a Turkish politician from the Republican People's Party (CHP), who has served as the Member of Parliament for Istanbul's first electoral district since 2015.

In August 2015, he was offered a ministerial position in the interim election government formed by Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu, which he turned down.

İlhan Kesici was born on 22 November 1948 in Zara, Sivas Province and graduated from Middle East Technical University Faculty of Industrial Engineering.

Kesici began work at the Turkish State Railways (TCDD) Research, Planning and Coordination Department, as a chief project engineer in 1972.

Kesici was one of the five CHP politicians who were offered ministerial positions by Justice and Development Party leader Ahmet Davutoğlu in August 2015.