| Rıdvan Turan | |
| Term Start1: | 8 July 2018 |
| Constituency1: | Mersin (2018) |
| Term Start2: | 7 June 2015 |
| Term End2: | 1 November 2015 |
| Constituency2: | Adana (June 2015) |
| Birth Date: | 29 March 1971 |
| Birth Place: | Reşadiye, Tokat, Turkey |
| Occupation: | Politician |
| Alma Mater: | Uludağ University |
| Party: | Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) |
Rıdvan Turan (born 1 January 1971) is a Turkish politician from the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP), who serves as a Member of Parliament for Mersin.[1]
Born in Reşadiye, Tokat, Turan graduated from Uludağ University Faculty of Medicine in 1995. In 2008, he was elected as the leader of the Socialist Democracy Party, which was a member of the Peoples' Democratic Congress and was thus instrumental in the establishment of the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) in 2012. In Jul 2013 he was convicted to 6 years and 3 months imprisonment being a member of an illegal organization. The sentence was appealed.[2] He was elected Member of Parliament for the HDP in the June 2015 general election[3] but lost his seat in the snap election held on 1 November 2015.
He regained a seat in the 2018 parliamentary election representing Mersin.[4]