Atilla Yayla (Turkish: [ati??a jaj?a], born (1957-03-03)March 3, 1957), is a Turkish political thinker and a proponent of liberal democracy.
He is one of the founders of Association for Liberal Thinking in Turkey.
He was Professor of Politics, Political Economy and Political Philosophy at Gazi University in Turkey and the department head of the International Relations department at Faculty of Commercial Sciences of Istanbul Commerce University in Turkey until he was fired in 2015.
In 2016 he was fired from his teaching post at Haliç University, after the University administration was charged with corruption and turned over to Istanbul University by The Council of Higher Education (YÖK).
He is currently a faculty member at the Political Science and Public Administration Department of Istanbul Medipol University.
He also wrote articles for newspapers Zaman and Yeni Safak, and currently writes for Yeni Yüzyil.