Namık Tan (born 1956 in Mardin, Turkey) is a Turkish politician from the Republican People's Party.

[2] Namık Tan was appointed as the Turkish Ambassador to Tel Aviv in December 2006, replacing Feridun Sinirlioğlu.

[3] During his tenure as ambassador, diplomatic relations between Israel and Turkey were at a normal level, but were hit by the Davos Crisis between Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Shimon Peres in early 2009.

[4] Namık Tan was appointed to this position after the resignation of Ambassador to Washington Nabi Şensoy in December 2009.

[7] After being transferred to the center, Tan retired and was elected as a member of the board of directors of the construction company STFA Group.