Erkin may refer to:
- 2 (Erkin Koray album), the third full length album by Turkish rock star Erkin Koray
- Behiç Erkin (born 1876), Turkish soldier and first director of the Turkish State Railways
- Caner Erkin (born 1988), Turkish footballer
- Erkin Abdulla a professional pop singer who set up Erkin Music Group, and associate director of Chinese Flamenco Association
- Erkin Alptekin (born 1939), noted international advocate for the rights of native and indigenous people
- Erkin Bairam (died 2001), Professor in Economics at the University of Otago, New Zealand
- Erkin Hadımoğlu (born 1972), present member of the Turkish band Yeni Türkü
- Erkin Koray (born 1941), performer in the Turkish rock music scene since the late 1950s
- Erkin Koray (self titled album), the first full length album by Turkish rock star Erkin Koray
- Ferhunde Erkin (1909–2007), Turkish pianist born in Istanbul
- Ulvi Cemal Erkin (1906–1972), member of the pioneer group of symphonic composers in Turkey