Ion Turcanu (born January 15, 1946 in Gaureni, Nisporeni) is an author, educator, historian, memoirist, professor, former member of the Parliament (1990–1994), politician and Romanian writer from Moldova.
Ion Turcanu is one of the 277 MPs of the first parliament of the former RSS Republic (later the Republic of Moldova), who voted for the Declaration of Independence of the Republic of Moldova on 27 August 1991.