Hikmet Şimşek (1924, Pervari – 12 October 2001, Ankara) was a Turkish conductor of Western classical music.
But in 1946, before completing military education, he transferred to Ankara conservatoire where he was trained under Eduard Zuckmayer, Ferit Alnar and Adnan Saygun.
He began teaching in the conservatoire and after 1959 he was appointed as the assistant conductor of the Presidential Symphony Orchestra (CSO) of Turkey.
[3] He became one of the most popular classic music men: Because he worked hard to publicize classical music by radio programs of Turkish Radio and Television Corporation (TRT) on Sundays.
He died on 12 October 2001 in Ankara military hospital where he was taken due to brain tumor.