İsmet Kotak (1939 – 11 September 2011) was a Turkish Cypriot politician, public administrator, journalist and columnist. İsmet Kotak was Member of Parliament (1970–85, 1990–93), Minister of Labour (1969–76), Minister of Industry and Co-operatives (1982–83), director-general of the Bayrak Radio Television Corporation, president of in Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus. He was one of the co-founders of Democratic People's Party and founder of the Free Democratic Party.