![Turkish police stands guard in front of the Istanbul courthouse on July 20, 2016 following the military coup attempt of July 15.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan was today to chair a crunch security meeting in Ankara for the first time since the failed coup, with tens of thousands either detained or sacked from their jobs in a widening purge. / AFP / BULENT KILIC (Photo credit should read BULENT KILIC/AFP/Getty Images)](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header/public/almpics/2016/09/GettyImages-577914388.jpg/GettyImages-577914388.jpg?h=f7822858&itok=TQKx8FQa)
Kursat Akyol has worked as a senior correspondent, editor and writer at daily newspapers Gunaydin, Cumhuriyet, Radikal, Karsi and the national TV channel Kanal 6. Akyol's work has also appeared in BBC Turkish, Westdeutscher Rundfunk Koln (WDR) and Deutsche Welle.
![Turkish police stands guard in front of the Istanbul courthouse on July 20, 2016 following the military coup attempt of July 15.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan was today to chair a crunch security meeting in Ankara for the first time since the failed coup, with tens of thousands either detained or sacked from their jobs in a widening purge. / AFP / BULENT KILIC (Photo credit should read BULENT KILIC/AFP/Getty Images)](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header/public/almpics/2016/09/GettyImages-577914388.jpg/GettyImages-577914388.jpg?h=f7822858&itok=TQKx8FQa)
![Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim addresses during the enlarged meeting of provincial chairmans of Justice and Development Party (AK Party) at the AK Party headquarters in Ankara, on June 2, 2016. / AFP / ADEM ALTAN (Photo credit should read ADEM ALTAN/AFP/Getty Images)](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header/public/almpics/2016/08/GettyImages-537554794.jpg/GettyImages-537554794.jpg?h=f7822858&itok=6u1Qm0nI)
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![Turkish Parliament convenes to vote on a motion which would allow the government to authorise cross-border military incursions against Islamic State fighters in Syria and Iraq, and allow coalition forces to use Turkish territory, in Ankara October 2, 2014. REUTERS/Umit Bektas (TURKEY - Tags: POLITICS MILITARY CIVIL UNREST CONFLICT) - RTR48OUH](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header/public/almpics/2016/07/RTR48OUH.jpg/RTR48OUH.jpg?h=f7822858&itok=Z-01ZcWz)
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![A man looks at newspapers at a kiosk in Diyarbakir, Turkey November 2, 2015. Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Monday the nation had voted for stability in a parliamentary election that saw the AK Party he founded win almost 50 percent of the vote, and said the world should respect the result. REUTERS/Stoyan Nenov - RTX1UCZZ](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header/public/almpics/2015/11/RTX1UCZZ.jpg/RTX1UCZZ.jpg?h=f7822858&itok=Nfg9kCik)
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