Nihat Zeybekci (born 1 January 1961) is a Turkish economist, politician, a member of parliament for Denizli Province of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) and former Minister of the Economy.

[1][2] The family earned their living from tobacco farming, and Nihat helped his parents in his youth.

He also claimed to have conducted further studies in economics at South London College in the United Kingdom, but he removed this information from his official resume after it turned out to be false.

During this time, he represented his city and country in some organizations for regional administrations at national and international level.

On 26 December 2013, Nihat Zeybekci assumed office as the Minister of Economic Affairs,[3][5] succeeding Zafer Çağlayan during Prime Minister Erdoğan's cabinet reshuffle with ten new names that was announced the day before, on 25 December, following the 2013 corruption scandal in Turkey.