Mümtaz Tahincioğlu

{{short description|Turkish racing driver}}

{{Infobox racing driver

| name = Mumtaz Tahincioglu

| image =

| image_size =

| caption =

| nationality = Turkish

| birth_date = {{Birth year and age|1952}}

| birth_place = Mardin, Turkey

| related to = Ann Tahincioğlu, Jason Tahincioğlu

| current series =

| first year =

| current team =

| car number =

| engine =

| crew chief =

| spotter =

| former teams =

| starts =

| championships = Turkish Formula Three Championship

| wins =

| poles =

| fastest laps =

| best finish =

| year =

| last finish =

| prev series =

| prev series years =

| titles =

| title years =

| awards =

| award years =

| updated = September 19, 2013

}}

Mümtaz Tahincioğlu (born 1952 in Mardin, Turkey) is a former racing car driver and long-time president of the Turkish Motorsports Federation (TOSFED),{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/motorsport/formula_one/4156036.stm |newspaper=BBC |title=Istanbul on alert for Grand Prix |date=2005-08-16 |accessdate=2013-09-19 }}{{cite news |url=http://arsiv.ntvmsnbc.com/news/274996.asp |newspaper=NTV-MSNBC |title=Türkiye'nin Formula 3 Hikayesi |author=Şansal, Tolga |date=2004-04-09 |language=Turkish |accessdate=2013-09-19 }} FIA Council Member, and served as the secretary general of the sports club Galatasaray S.K.

Tahincioğlu lived in England between 1968 and 1989. He won the Turkish Karting Championship three times between 1989 and 1992 prior to racing in the World Karting Championships for Turkey. He competed in the first edition of Turkish Formula Three Championship in 1994.

Tahincioglu was president of the Turkish Motorsports Federation (TOSFED){{cite news |url=http://hurarsiv.hurriyet.com.tr/goster/ShowNew.aspx?id=4856782 |newspaper=Hürriyet |title=Mümtaz Tahincioğlu yeniden başkan |date=2006-08-02 |language=Turkish|accessdate=2013-09-19 }} between 1997 and 2012, succeeded by Demir Berberoğlu.{{cite news |url=http://hurarsiv.hurriyet.com.tr/goster/ShowNew.aspx?id=21740788 |newspaper=Hürriyet |title=Mümtaz Tahincioğlu "yokum" dedi |date=2012-10-20 |language=Turkish |accessdate=2013-09-19 }}{{cite news |url=http://www.ntvspor.net/haber/motor-sporlari/75836/demir-berberoglu-yeniden-baskan |newspaper=NTV |title=Demir Berberoğlu yeniden başkan! |date=2012-11-09 |language=Turkish |accessdate=2013-09-19 }} He is the father of Jason Tahincioglu, a former Formula Three pilot and GP2 FMS International driver in 2006 and 2007.[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/main.jhtml?xml=/sport/2005/08/20/smform20.xml&sSheet=/sport/2005/08/20/ixmoto.html Telegraph article Turkey bridges the great divide]{{dead link|date=July 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}