Refik Durbaş (10 February 1944, Pasinler – 1 December 2018, Istanbul), Turkish poet, journalist and writer.

With his own unique voice and metaphors, he was sharpening his demeanor from the beginning wrote poems that gave importance to form as much as meaning.

He was known as the poet who reflected the world of bazaars, working girls, market places and tea houses.

Durbaş, who was treated for lung cancer and was a dialysis patient on died on 1 December 2018 after being taken to the intensive care unit at Medeniyet University Hospital due to his deteriorating health condition.

[2] He was buried in Ümraniye Hekimbaşı Cemetery after the funeral ceremony held at Erenköy Galip Paşa Mosque on 2 December 2018.