İlter Türkmen (8 November 1927 – 6 July 2022) was a Turkish diplomat and politician.

Permanent Representative to the United Nations in Geneva in 1983, 1985, Permanent Representative of Turkey to the United Nations in New York, in 1988, he served as Ambassador to Paris and retired in 1991.

Following his retirement from the United Nations Secretary-General's special representative, between 1991 and 1996 with the title of Assistant to the Palestinian Refugee Relief Organization has worked as General Commissioner for international duty.

Türkmen served from 1979 to 1980 as the UN Secretary-General's special representative in Thailand, dealing with humanitarian issues.

[1] Türkmen died in Istanbul[citation needed] on 6 July 2022, at the age of 94.