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Suheyla Tayla

Suheyla Tayla

Vice President

Suheyla Tayla is a Vice President in Mercury’s Washington, D.C. office. She has over 30 years experience in the public sector.

Senior Political Strategist at the U.S. Embassy in Ankara, Turkiye

Followed and analyzed Turkey’s internal and external politics during the Gulf War, OPC, PCII, Afghanistan crisis, Arab Spring, Iraq and Syrian civil wars and 2016 coup attempt in Turkiye

Former diplomatic correspondent with the Foreign News Desk of Anatolia News Agency

Graduate of Political Sciences Faculty, Ankara University

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Suheyla Tayla is a Vice President in Mercury’s Washington, D.C. office. She has over 30 years experience in the public sector.

Suheyla was a Senior Political Specialist at the U.S. Embassy in Ankara, Turkiye from 1989 – 2018. In that role, she served as advisor to 10 U.S. Ambassadors by following and analyzing Turkiye’s internal and external politics during the Gulf War, Operation Provide Comfort and Provide Comfort II, Afghanistan crisis, Arab Spring, Iraq and Syrian civil wars and the 2016 coup attempt in Turkiye. Suheyla also led the Local Employees Association at the Embassy for two years. She received several awards and accolades from the State Department, Department of Defense and U.S. European Command (EUCOM) for her distinguished services.

Suheyla was a diplomatic correspondent with the Foreign News Desk of Anatolia News Agency from 1981-1989, where she reported on foreign policy events and developments in Turkey, foreign dignitary visits and maintained close contacts with the President and Prime Minister’s offices, Foreign Ministry, prominent think tanks, academics and diplomats of foreign missions.

Suheyla is a graduate of the Political Science Faculty’s International Relations Department of Ankara University. She had post-graduate studies in the same Faculty on International Law of the Seas. She is married with two sons.