Akbash and anatolian shepherd is really the same breed. They are all regional types of the same breed.
The ears are cropped, because they are easily damaged whille fighting.
You see many Kangals in pounds in Holland and Belgium. Many Turkis immigrants bring puppy's with them from turkey and then they can't handle them in a city. They are often to protective and to indepent for densly populated area.
There is a program in holland that raises kangalpups for african tribes. The dogs help protect the lifestock, so the big african predators rather choose wild prey over lifestock.