Cahit Karakaş (born 1928) is a Turkish engineer and a former politician.

After his doctorate at Technische Universität Berlin, he returned to Turkey to serve as a civil engineer.

[1] He joined the Justice Party and in 1965 he was elected MP from Zonguldak Province.

In 1973, he supported the technocratic government of Nihat Erim and he became the Minister of Public Works in the 33rd government of Turkey serving between 26 March 1971 and 10 November 1971, and then the Minister of Transportation from 10 November to 11 December 1971.

[3] Finally on 17 November that year, Cahit Karakaş was elected the Speaker of the Turkish parliament.