Rahşan Ecevit (née Aral, 17 December 1923 – 17 January 2020) was a Turkish author, painter and politician.

Her family originated from Thessaloniki and had initially settled in Şebinkarahisar, a town in Giresun province in northeastern Turkey, after the population exchange in 1920.

Following the military coup in 1980 led by General Kenan Evren, her husband was imprisoned and was suspended from active politics for life.

She became the leader of the new Democratic Left People's Party (DSHP) on 17 January 2010 when the DSP seemed to no longer have any chance to win seats in elections.

Rahşan Ecevit died on 17 January 2020 at a hospital in Ankara and was buried next to her husband in the Turkish State Cemetery a few days later.