Osman Nuri Eralp

{{Short description|Turkish microbiologist}}

{{other uses|Osman Nuri (disambiguation)}}

{{Infobox scientist

|name = Osman Nuri Eralp

|image = Osmanli nuri.jpg

|birth_date = 1876

|birth_place = Arapgir, Malatya, Ottoman Empire

|death_date = 1940

|death_place = Istanbul, Turkey

|nationality = Turkish

|fields = Veterinary medicine, bacteriology, virology

|workplaces = Istanbul University
Ankara University

|alma_mater = Darülfünun
Sorbonne
Pasteur Institute

}}

Osman Nuri Eralp (1876–1940) was a Turkish politician, veterinarian and microbiologist.Melikoğlu, B. (2007). Osman Nuri Eralp'in "Bakteriyoloji dersleri" adlı kitabının veteriner hekimliği tarihi açısından değerlendirilmesi. PhD., The Graduate School of Health Sciences of Ankara University.

Eralp was born in Arapgir, Malatya in the Ottoman Empire. He completed his university education at "Mekteb-i Tıbbiye-i Mülkiye" which was the medical school of Darülfünun (House of Multiple Sciences, name of Istanbul University in Ottoman era). To continue studying for a post-graduate qualification, he attended Sorbonne and Pasteur Institute. After graduation, he worked as a veterinarian and also continued his researches. After 1908, he worked as a full-time academic at Istanbul University and Ankara University. He lectured on histology and embryology.{{cite journal |last=Osmanağaoğlu |first=Ş. |last2=Melikoğlu |first2=B. |year=2009 |title=A historical glance at eradication of glander disease in Turkey |journal=The Journal of the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Kafkas |volume=15 |issue=3 |pages=331–337 |url=http://www.cabdirect.org/abstracts/20093223552.html }}

He notably contributed to the field of bacteriology via his research on microorganisms (tuberculosis, anthrax, cholera, syphilis, gonorrhea), and the field of virology by his research on rinderpest.

He wrote the first science fiction book in Turkey called Başka Dünyalarda Canlı Mahlukat Var Mıdır? (Are there alive creatures in other worlds?).{{Cite web|title=Başka Dünyalarda Canlı Mahlukat Var Mıdır?|url=https://www.kitapyurdu.com/kitap/baska-dunyalarda-canli-mahlukat-var-midir/504659.html|access-date=2020-11-29|website=kitapyurdu.com|language=tr}}