Orhan Alp

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Orhan Alp

| birth_date = {{Birth year|1919}}

| birth_place = Isparta, Ottoman Empire

| death_date = {{Death date and age|2010|01|21|1919}}

| death_place = Ankara, Turkey

| education = Mechanical engineering

| office1 = Ministry of Public Works

| term_start1 = 20 February 1965

| term_end1 = 27 October 1965

| primeminister1 = Suat Hayri Ürgüplü

| predecessor1 = Arif Hikmet Onat

| successor1 = Ethem Erdinç

| office2 = Ministry of Public Works

| term_start2 = 3 April 1967

| term_end2 = 3 November 1969

| primeminister2 = Süleyman Demirel

| predecessor2 = Ethem Erdinç

| successor2 = Yaşar Gülez

| office3 = Minister of Industry

| term_start3 = 5 January 1978

| term_end3 = 12 November 1979

| primeminister3 = Bülent Ecevit

| predecessor3 = Oğuzhan Asiltürk

| successor3 = Kemal Bayar

| alma_mater = Technische Universität Berlin

| profession = Mechanical engineer

| occupation = Civil servant, politician

| religion =

| party = Justice Party (AP)

| spouse =

| children =

}}

Orhan Alp (1919 – 21 January 2010) was a Turkish mechanical engineer, politician and former government minister.

Orhan Alp was born in Isparta, Ottoman Empire in 1919. He graduated from Technische Universität Berlin. Between 1942 and 1964 he served in the Turkish State Railways (TCDD). In 1964, he resigned from the TCDD, and briefly served in the Middle East Technical University as a lecturer.[http://www.biyografya.com/biyografi/8549 Biography page {{in lang|tr}}]

Political career

Alp joined the Justice Party (AP). Although he was not a parliament member in 1965, he was appointed as the Minister of Public Works in the 29th government of Turkey on 20 February 1965, and served until 27 October 1965.[https://www.tbmm.gov.tr/hukumetler/HB29.htm Parliament page for the 29th government] In the 1965 general election, he was elected into the 13th Parliament of Turkey as a deputy from Ankara Province. Following a government reshuffle, he was reappointed as the Minister of Public Works in the 30th government of Turkey on 3 April 1967, and served until 3 November 1969.[https://www.tbmm.gov.tr/hukumetler/HB30.htm Parliament page for the 30th government]

In the 1973 and the 1977 general elections, he was reelected into the 15th and the 16th Parliament of Turkey. But in 1977, he resigned from the Justice Party, and continued as an independent parliament member. In the 42nd government of Turkey, he served as the Minister of Industry, between 5 January 1978 and 12 November 1979.[https://www.tbmm.gov.tr/hukumetler/HB42.htm Parliament page for the 42nd government]

He died in Ankara on 21 January 2010.