Zekai Apaydın (1884 – 29 April 1947[1]) was a former Turkish civil servant, diplomat and politician.

He was born in 1884 in Bosnia, then a nominal part of the Ottoman Empire under Austrian rule.

He served in Uşak, Eskişehir, Mersin and Kayseri as the sanjak governor .

Following the defeat of the Ottoman Empire in the First World War, he resigned and joined the nationalists.

[3] In the 6th government of Turkey he served as the Ministry of Public Works between 27 September 1930 and 29 December 1930.