Ercüment Ekrem Talu (1886 – December 16, 1956) was a Turkish writer, humorist and a journalist.

He was born to Recaizade Mahmud Ekrem, a poet and writer of the Ottoman Empire era in Istanbul in 1886.

After graduating from Galatasaray High School in 1905 and Faculty of Law, he went to Paris, France, for further studies in political sciences.

In 1907, during the Ottoman Empire era, he became a civil servant in İstanbul.

During the early days of the Republic of Turkey, he served as the Director General of the Press and Information.