Mehmet Recai Kutan (5 April 1930[citation needed] – 7 October 2024) was a Turkish politician who was the leader of the Felicity Party (SP).

Kutan graduated from ITU obtaining a degree in civil engineering in 1952.

His political career started 1973 in MSP and after 1983 he served in Welfare Party.

At the 3rd party congress held on 26 October 2008 in Ankara, he did not run for re-election as the leader of the SP, and was succeeded by Numan Kurtulmuş in the post.

[1] He was a member of the İsmailağa, a Turkish sufistic community of the Naqshbandi tariqah.