Orhan Alp (1919 – 21 January 2010) was a Turkish mechanical engineer,

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and former government minister. Orhan Alp was born in

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in 1919. He graduated from

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. Between 1942 and 1964 he served in the

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(TCDD). In 1964, he resigned from the TCDD, and briefly served in the

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as a lecturer.Biography page
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Political career

Alp joined the Justice Party (AP). Although he was not a parliament member in 1965, he was appointed as the

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in the

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on 20 February 1965, and served until 27 October 1965. In the 1965 general election, he was elected into the

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as a deputy from

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. Following a government reshuffle, he was reappointed as the Minister of Public Works in the

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on 3 April 1967, and served until 3 November 1969. In the

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and the 1977 general elections, he was reelected into the 15th and the

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. But in 1977, he resigned from the Justice Party, and continued as an independent parliament member. In the

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, he served as the Minister of Industry, between 5 January 1978 and 12 November 1979.Parliament page for the 42nd government
/ref> He died in

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on 21 January 2010.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Alp, Orhan 1919 births People from Isparta Technische Universität Berlin alumni Turkish mechanical engineers Turkish civil servants Academic staff of Middle East Technical University Justice Party (Turkey) politicians Members of the 13th Parliament of Turkey Members of the 15th government of Turkey Members of the 16th government of Turkey Members of the 29th government of Turkey Members of the 30th government of Turkey Members of the 42nd government of Turkey Ministers of public works of Turkey Ministers of science industry and technology of Turkey 2010 deaths Turkish expatriates in Germany 20th-century Turkish engineers