Gabriel Turbay Abinader (10 January 1901–17 November 1947) was a Colombian politician of Lebanese descent.

[2] His parents, Juan Turbay and Barbara Abinader, were immigrants from Lebanon.

[2] Turbay earned a PhD in Medicine and Surgery from the National University of Colombia.

[4] While serving in his cabinet, President Alfonso López Pumarejo called Turbay "El Turco" (lit.

'The Turk'), a nickname that would follow him throughout his political career, sometimes in an attempt to otherize him.