Career
Yula started his career in the Ankara club Şekerspor. Yula played for Blau-Weiß 90 Berlin in German Bundesliga in the season 1986–1987. He then came back to Turkey to play for Sarıyer (1987–1991) and then Galatasaray (1991–1993).
He quit his professional career under Fenerbahçe jersey, in a specially scheduled match played between Fenerbahçe versus
Erzurumspor in Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium. He was capped 22 times for the Turkish national football team, including three times as the team-captain.
One of the most remarkable football legends of Fenerbahçe, Yula was a sports journalist with the newspaper Fotomaç and also served as sports critic and expert for the Fenerbahçe television and ATV with weekly appearances. He was selected as the "Best Sports Critic of the Year" among the polls made within the Fenerbahçe fans in 2005 and 2007.
On August 6, 2013, Yula died at the age of 53 of a heart attack.