Erem Turgut Yücel

Doğan Holding Chief Legal Advisor Erem Turgut Yücel and the holding's former executive Yahya Üzdiyen, who were detained as a part of an investigation into the Fethullahist Terrorist Organization (FETÖ), were released on Jan. 13 with a ban on travelling abroad.

Linking Doğan Group to the Fethullahist Terrorist Organization (FETÖ), the suspected network behind the July 15 foiled coup attempt, is out of reason and conscience, Doğan Group's deputy chairman responsible for corporate communications, Ahter Kutadgu, has said, commenting on the detentions of Doğan Holding Chief Legal Advisor Erem Turgut Yücel and the holding's former executive Yahya Üzdiyen.<

The detention of the Doğan Group's chief judicial adviser, along with a former chief executive officer of the holding, is an act of intimidation by the political power, the Istanbul Bar Association said in a written statement on Jan. 6. 

"This detention is an intimidation," it said, adding that the government was seeking to create its own narrative during the current period.

Doğan Holding made the following statement regarding developments this morning: