Background
Eralp was born in İstanbul, then in the Ottoman Empire, and now in Turkey.
Eralp was born in İstanbul, then in the Ottoman Empire, and now in Turkey.
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).
He—for to continue studying for a post-graduate qualification—attended Sorbonne and Pasteur Institute. After graduation he both worked as a veterinarian and continued researches. After 1908 he worked as a full-time academic in Istanbul University and Ankara University.
He lectured histology and embryology.
He contributed importantly to bacteriology and virology via his remarkable researches.