Biography
After graduating from Istanbul University Law School in 1936, he studied further to earn his doctorate degree in Paris Law School in 1939. He returned to Turkey to become an assistant professor in 1939 and professor in 1942 at the Ankara University School of Law.
He was appointed as legal advisor to the Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1943 while he was still in the university. He also served as an advisor in the Turkish committee at the conference on the foundation of the United Nations at San Francisco, USA in 1945. The same year, he was elected and served as the Kocaeli Province representative at the Turkish Parliament to join "Cumhuriyet Halk Partisi" CHP ("Republican People's Party") group at the parliament. In 1949, he served as the minister of public works and later as Deputy Prime Minister.
Erim was married to Kamile(Okutman)Erim and has two children Isik Erim and Isil(Erim)Onalp. He has 5 grandchildren and 10 great grandchildren.
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