Taha Akyol

Taha Akyol is a Turkish journalist and writer of Abkhazian descent. Akyol worked as a journalist at the Yankı news magazine, and the Tercüman, Meydan and Milliyet dailies. After the 1980s he distanced himself from Turkish nationalism, turning toward conservative liberalism. While being a true classical liberal both in political and economic terms, he takes a rightist-conservative approach to culture and foreign policy. Akyol is a member of the Board of Trustees at TOBB University of Economics and Technology. He is a producer at CNN Türk and also a columnist for the Hürriyet daily.

Akyol is married and a father of two. He is the father of Turkish journalist and writer Mustafa Akyol.