 Between 1986 and 1996, he served as the head of the Association of Turkish Newspaper Publishers.In 2004, Doğan became the first elected Turkish Deputy Chairperson of World Association of Newspapers (WAN).The Doğan Media Holding he founded incorporates the newspapers "Posta", "Hürriyet", "Radikal", "Fanatik" and "Turkish Daily News", and 21 TV channels in Turkey and abroad.