Ahmet S. Yayla


Ahmet S. Yayla is an assistant professor at DeSales University and a former counterterrorism police chief in Turkey.

Articles by Ahmet S. Yayla
Members of a Turkey-backed Syrian militia near the Northern Syrian city of Manbij, on Dec. 30. (Anas Alkharboutli/Picture Alliance/ Getty Images)
Members of a Turkey-backed Syrian militia near the Northern Syrian city of Manbij, on Dec. 30. (Anas Alkharboutli/Picture Alliance/ Getty Images)
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan arrives to deliver a speech with Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto (out of frame) at the National Palace in Mexico City on February 12, 2015. Erdogan is in Mexico for a two-day official visit.  AFP PHOTO/ Yuri CORTEZ / AFP PHOTO / Yuri CORTEZ        (Photo credit should read YURI CORTEZ/AFP/Getty Images)
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan arrives to deliver a speech with Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto (out of frame) at the National Palace in Mexico City on February 12, 2015. Erdogan is in Mexico for a two-day official visit. AFP PHOTO/ Yuri CORTEZ / AFP PHOTO / Yuri CORTEZ (Photo credit should read YURI CORTEZ/AFP/Getty Images)
A woman reads names on a commemorative plaque during a memorial ceremony for victims of an Islamic State attack at Istanbul's Ataturk airport, on June 28, 2016. (Ozan Kose/AFP/Getty Images)
A woman reads names on a commemorative plaque during a memorial ceremony for victims of an Islamic State attack at Istanbul's Ataturk airport, on June 28, 2016. (Ozan Kose/AFP/Getty Images)