Bülend Özveren (1943 – 18 October 2022) was a Turkish television presenter and sports commentator.

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Özveren completed his secondary education at Lycée Saint-Benoît d'Istanbul [fr; tr] (Istanbul) and higher education at Galatasaray High School. He graduated from Istanbul University, faculty of Law.^[1]

Özveren started working at TRT on 31 July 1965, first as a television presenter before becoming the sports commentator in 1972.

From 1973 to 2012, he intermittently served as the Turkish commentator for the Eurovision Song Contest.^[1] Özveren spoke English, Japanese, Spanish and French, as well as his native Turkish.^[1]

Özveren died on 18 October 2022 in Istanbul at the age of 79, due to heart failure.^[2]