| Turi Wari | |
| Office1: | Member of the National Parliament |
| Term1: | 1972–1977 |
| Successor1: | Pundia Kange |
| Constituency1: | Ialibu-Pangia Open |
| Term2: | 1968–1972 |
| Predecessor2: | Koitaga Mano |
| Constituency2: | Ialibu Open |
| Birth Date: | c. 1933 |
| Birth Place: | Ialibu, Papua |
| Death Date: | 24 April 1987 |
Turi Wari (– 24 April 1987) was a Papua New Guinean politician. He served as a member of the House of Assembly and National Parliament from 1968 until 1977.
Wari was born around 1933 in Ialibu in the Territory of Papua,[1] and was one of the first people in the area to come into contact with Europeans. As a result, between 1955 and 1968 he worked as an interpreter for the Department of Native Affairs.[1] He married and had seven children.[2]
He contested the Ialibu seat in the 1964 general elections, finishing second to Koitaga Mano, although around 7,000 votes behind. In the 1968 elections Mano transferred to the Kendep-Tambul seat and Wari was elected from the Ialibu constituency.[3] [2] He was re-elected from the renamed Ialibu-Pangia constituency in 1972 elections. However, he was heavily defeated in the 1977 elections, receiving just 150 of the 14,000 votes cast in the constituency.[4]
He died of cancer in April 1987, survived by two wives and several children.[5]