Alp Yalman

Alp Yalman (born 1 January 1940) is a Turkish businessman and former chairman of the Turkish sports club Galatasaray.

Alp Yalman
29th President of Galatasaray SK
In office
17 March 1990  16 March 1996
Preceded byAli Tanrıyar
Succeeded byFaruk Süren
Personal details
Born (1940-01-01) 1 January 1940
Istanbul, Turkey
NationalityTurkish

Yalman was born in Istanbul. After graduating from Robert College in Turkey, he studied Social and Political Science in the University of Lausanne, 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. 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 under the presidency of Özhan Canaydın.

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

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Sporting positions
Preceded by
Ali Tanrıyar
President of Galatasaray SK
17 March 1990 – 16 March 1996
Succeeded by
Faruk Süren
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