| Ümit Kaftancıoğlu | |
| Birth Date: | 1935 |
| Birth Place: | Hanak, Ardahan, Turkey |
| Death Place: | Istanbul, Turkey |
| Nationality: | Turkish |
| Occupation: | Columnist in Cumhuriyet |
Ümit Kaftancıoğlu (1935 – 11 April 1980) was a Turkish TV producer, writer and columnist of the newspaper Cumhuriyet.
Kaftancıoğlu was born in Saskara village, Hanak, Ardahan Province. He graduated from Cilavuz Village Institute in 1957 and worked as a primary school teacher in Derik in Mardin Province and as a teacher in Balıkesir Necatibey Institute of Education before entering into the Turkish Radio and Television Corporation (TRT).
He won the Grand Award at the 1970 TRT Art Awards with his short story Dönemeç (The Bend), the 1972 Karacan Award with his interview Hakkullah and came third at the Başkent Awards with his short story Linda (Linda).
On 11 April 1980, he was gunned down in front of his home in Istanbul as he was about to get in his car. Later his son married Canan Kaftancıoğlu.[1]