Trustees were appointed to the newspapers Millet and Bugün in İpek Koza Holding on October 2015, to Zaman, Today’s Zaman, and Meydan newspapers, Cihan News Agency and Aksiyon Magazine. The trustees closed down the newspapers.
After he was sacked from TRT following the Gezi protests, Aydoğan worked for Ulusal Kanal for a while. When he was not paid for nine months, he quit and found a job at Cihan News Agency. He once again became unemployed after the agency was closed due to the first Statutory Decree after July 15th.