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 dep ...

. 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 highly selective, independent, co-educational high school in Turkey.The Turkish education system divides schools i ...

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 Switze ...

, Switzerland. He is fluent in English, French and German as well as his native Turkish. In 1973, he was brought onto the board of

. 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

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 ...

. Galatasaray S.K. won two league titles, two national cups, and two national super cups, while Alp Yalman was the president.

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 {{DEFAULTSORT:Yalman, Alp 1940 births Living people Businesspeople from Istanbul Galatasaray S.K. presidents Robert College alumni Turkish expatriates in Switzerland

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