Osman Aşkın Bak (born October 11, 1966) is a Turkish mechanical engineer, politician and the current Minister of Youth and Sports.

He attended Kabataş Boys High School from 1980 to 1983, and met later president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, who lived in the same neighborhood during this period.

During his university years, he managed the football team Esenler Erokspor, and participated in election preparations for the Welfare Party alongside Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.

In 1992, he completed his postgraduate and returned to Turkey, beginning his doctorate at Istanbul Technical University, Institute of Science on Industrial Engineering.

[2] He became a member of the Turkish Group of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly and the Spokesperson of the Foreign Affairs Commission.