Ambassador (R) Yalım Eralp

Yalım Eralp is a member of the High Advisory Board at the Global Political Trends Center, a faculty member at the Department of International Relations of Istanbul Kültür University and a diplomatic commentator at CNN TÜRK. Yalım Eralp was born in 1939 in Istanbul. In 1958, he graduated from Forest Hills High School, New York City. In 1962, he graduated from the Faculty of Political Sciences, Ankara. Between 1962-1983, he served as a diplomat in New York, Greece, and in Rome NATO Defense College from where he graduated. Later on, he was appointed as Counselor at the Turkish Delegation within NATO, Brussels. He served in Washington D.C. as the Deputy Chief of Mission. Having served as the Spokesman of the Ministry for four years, he became Ambassador to India in 1987. Between 1991-1996, Ambassador Eralp served as Principal Advisor to Prime Ministers Mesut Yılmaz and Tansu Çiller and was also the Director of NATO Affairs at the Ministry. In 1996, he became Ambassador to the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Delegation in Vienna. In 2000, Ambassador Eralp retired from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.