Alp Yalman (born 1 January 1940) is a Turkish businessman and former chairman of the Turkish sports club
Galatasaray
Galatasaray Spor Kulübü (, ''Galatasaray Sports Club'') is a Turkish sports club based on the European side of the city of Istanbul in Turkey. Most notable for its association football department, the club also consists of various other de ...
.
Yalman was born in
Istanbul
Istanbul ( , ; tr, İstanbul ), formerly known as Constantinople ( grc-gre, Κωνσταντινούπολις; la, Constantinopolis), is the List of largest cities and towns in Turkey, largest city in Turkey, serving as the country's economic, ...
. After graduating from
Robert College
The American Robert College of Istanbul ( tr, İstanbul Özel Amerikan Robert Lisesi or ), often shortened to Robert, or RC, is a Selective school, highly selective, Independent school, independent, mixed-sex education, co-educational Secondary ...
in Turkey, he studied Social and Political Science in the
University of Lausanne
The University of Lausanne (UNIL; french: links=no, Université de Lausanne) in Lausanne, Switzerland was founded in 1537 as a school of Protestant theology, before being made a university in 1890. The university is the second oldest in Switzer ...
, Switzerland. He is fluent in English, French and German as well as his native Turkish.
In 1973, he was brought onto the board of
Galatasaray
Galatasaray Spor Kulübü (, ''Galatasaray Sports Club'') is a Turkish sports club based on the European side of the city of Istanbul in Turkey. Most notable for its association football department, the club also consists of various other de ...
. He was elected as the president in 1990, a position he held for six years. In 2002, he returned and served few more years to
Galatasaray
Galatasaray Spor Kulübü (, ''Galatasaray Sports Club'') is a Turkish sports club based on the European side of the city of Istanbul in Turkey. Most notable for its association football department, the club also consists of various other de ...
under the presidency of
Özhan Canaydın
Özhan Canaydın (23 January 1943 – 22 March 2010) was a businessman, basketballer and former chairman of the Turkish sports club Galatasaray.
Biography
Basketball career
Canaydın began to play professional basketball in 1958. In 1957, he be ...
.
Galatasaray S.K. won two
league titles, two
national cups, and two
national super cups, while Alp Yalman was the president.
See also
*
List of Galatasaray S.K. presidents
References
* http://www.galatasaray.org/English/Corporate/history/baskanlar.asp
* http://www.galatasaray.org/kurumsal/tarihce/baskan_kupa.asp
* http://www.kimkimdir.gen.tr/kimkimdir.php?id=1215
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1940 births
Living people
Businesspeople from Istanbul
Galatasaray S.K. presidents
Robert College alumni
Turkish expatriates in Switzerland