Dengir Mir Mehmet Fırat (8 August 1943 – 11 July 2019) was a Turkish politician of Kurdish origin who was one of the founders of the Justice and Development Party (AKP) in 2001.

His uncle Hüseyin Fehmi Fırat was a Democratic Party politician who also served as an MP for three terms.

The party saw a split between traditionalist Islamists and moderate conservatives over the course of the Parliament, with a party leadership election contested by the most modern Abdullah Gül and traditionalist incumbent Recai Kutan yielding a victory for Kutan.

Fırat was one of the founding members of the AKP and joined the party after the FP's dissolution.

As one of the founders of the AKP, Fırat served as a Deputy leader of the party under Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.

[5] Serving as the party's deputy leader, Fırat resigned from this role in November 2008 after accusations of corruption during a live debate with Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, the parliamentary group leader of the Republican People's Party.