Korkut Eken (1945, Ankara-) is a Turkish security officer trained in special warfare. He became involved in the Susurluk scandal after some of his subordinates, notably Ayhan Çarkın, were convicted of extrajudicial killings.
Eken joined the Turkish Military Academy in 1963. He took part in the Cyprus landings on 20 July 1974. He joined the Special Warfare Department (Turkish: Özel Harp Dairesi) in 1978. He received training in special warfare in Germany, the U.K., and the U.S. He gained fame in 1981 after he led a raid to rescue a plane seized by Islamic militants in Diyarbakır.[1]