İlker is a Turkish given name for males. It means first male, first child.
Notable people named İlker include: İlker Aksum (born 1971), Turkish actor İlker Avcıbay (born 1978), Turkish footballer İlker Aycı (born 1971), Turkish businessperson İlker Ayrık (born 1979), Turkish actor, TV presenter, and director İlker Başbuğ (born 1943), Turkish former general İlker Çatak (born 1984), German film director and screenwriter İlker Çınar (born c. 1968–1970), Turkish Army officer, former intelligence agent İlker Erbay (born 1984), Turkish footballer İlker Kaleli (born 1984), Turkish actor İlker Karakaş (born 1999), Turkish footballer İlker Kızmaz (born 1975), Turkish actor İlker Sayan (born 1993), Turkish footballer İlker Yağcıoğlu (born 1966), Turkish footballer and manager
See also Ilker Budinov (born 2000), Bulgarian footballer