Mehmet Salah Devrim

Mehmet Salah Devrim is a Research Assistant at the SETA Foundation, where he focuses on security, defense industry, and terrorism studies. With a strong background in international relations, his areas of expertise include Turkish unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), open-source intelligence (OSINT), Turkish counterterrorism operations in Iraq and Syria, and data-driven policymaking. Between 2022 and 2023, Mehmet Salah Devrim was part of the Terrorism Analysis Platform Team (Terörizm Analiz Platformu ekibi), where he contributed to research and data-driven insights on security issues. He earned both his bachelor's and master's degrees in international relations from Antalya Bilim University in Antalya, Türkiye. His master's thesis explored the impact of revolutions in military affairs on warfare and international relations. Currently, he is pursuing a PhD in International Relations at the Social Sciences University of Ankara (Ankara Sosyal Bilimler Üniversitesi). Through his work, Mehmet aims to advance evidence-based security policies and contribute to a deeper understanding of evolving defense and counterterrorism strategies.