Falih Rıfkı Atay (1894– 20 March 1971) was a Turkish journalist, writer and politician between 1923 and 1950.

[1] Falih Rıfkı was the son of Halil Hilmi Efendi, an imam.

[1] From 1919 to 1920 Falih Rıfkı was one of the contributors of Büyük Mecmua magazine which also supported the war of independence.

He entered politics in 1923, and served as deputy of Bolu and later Ankara in the parliament until the 1950 Turkish general election.

A nature park inside the Belgrad Forest in Sarıyer district of Istanbul Province was named in his honor in 2011.