Ferit Şahenk

In 2025, journalist and presenter Seda Akgül claimed that in 2014 Recep Tayyip Erdoğan had caused her removal from Star TV and that Ferit Şahenk had paid her three months' salary while asking her not to make the affair public, citing the group's interests.

In December 2024, Galataport's lenders agreed to a restructuring and to acquire a 49% equity stake to recover part of their loans, with Doğuş retaining a three-year repurchase right.

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Following rapid expansion, Doğuş Group undertook a major bank debt restructuring and asset disposals, prompting questions about the group's financial strategy.

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During Gezi, NTV, owned by Doğuş, was strongly criticised for initially providing inadequate coverage of the demonstrations; protests targeted its premises, and journalists left the group.

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Doğuş Broadcasting Group closed NTV Tarih and refused to publish its July 2013 issue devoted to the Gezi demonstrations; the editorial team subsequently released it online.

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