Nasuh Akar (10 May 1925 – 18 May 1984) was a Turkish sports wrestler, who won the gold medal in the Bantamweight class of Men's Freestyle category at the 1948 Olympics.

Following his gold medal win at the 1948 London Olympics, Nasuh Akar became European and World champion.

[3] After the 1951 World Championships, differences arose in Turkey between some wrestlers from the national team and the Turkish wrestling federation over allegedly false expense claims.

The Turkish wrestling federation declared these athletes to be professionals without further ado, which meant that they could not participate in the 1952 Olympic Games.

Nasuh Akar was the first athlete to win a gold medal for Turkey in his weight class in freestyle wrestling.

After his death, a neighborhood in Çankaya district of Ankara and a training facility in Eskişehir were named after him.