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Vuslat Doğan Sabancı
Vuslat Doğan Sabancı (born 16 January 1971 - İstanbul, Turkey) a former publisher of the Hürriyet daily newspaper, is a prominent figure in both the business world and civil society. As the Vice Chair of Aydın Doğan Foundation and a board member of Doğan Group of Companies, including Hepsiburada, Turkey's leading e-commerce platform, she has played pivotal roles in these organizations.[1] She is the founder of the Vuslat Foundation, established in 2020.[2] Biography and educationBorn in 1971 in Istanbul, Turkey, Vuslat Doğan Sabancı is the second daughter of Aydın Doğan and Sema Doğan. Her father is a Turkish billionaire media tycoon, business magnate, entrepreneur, philanthropist, and investor who founded Doğan Holding, one of Turkey's largest conglomerates. Her mother is a former Board Member at Doğan Group of Companies. Her sisters are Hanzade Doğan Boyner, Begüm Doğan Faralyalı and Arzuhan Doğan Yalçındağ.[3] After graduating from Bilkent University’s Department of Economics,[4] she completed her master's degree in International Media and Communication at Columbia University in New York.[5] CareerBefore joining Hürriyet, Doğan Sabancı worked for The New York Times and Wall Street Journal. She served at Hürriyet Newspaper Group in Turkey for 22 years, including as CEO from 2004 and 2008, and as Chairwomen of the Board of Directors from 2008 and 2018. She left her position in 2018 after the Doğan Family’s exit from all media-related activities.[6] HürriyetVuslat demonstrated her leadership by driving a substantial digital transformation. Under her leadership, one of every two people in Turkey engaged with Hürriyet’s digital content. Vuslat Doğan Sabancı transformed Hürriyet from a leading paper in Turkey into an international powerhouse through her acquisition of Trader Media East (TME) in 2007 in a move that represented the largest ever foreign procurement executed by a Turkish Company. Ms. Doğan Sabancı ensured Hürriyet‘s position as a major player within the emerging new media in Turkiye through investing in digital publishing and services.[7] As a lifetime honorary board member of the International Press Institute (IPI)[8] and CEO of Hürriyet Media Group, Doğan Sabancı attended a hearing in Khartoum, Sudan, to support Lubna Hussein, who, along with several other women, had been sentenced to 40 lashes for wearing trousers. After the hearing, she expressed her support for Hussein as both a women's rights defender and a journalist[9] Vuslat, who has extensively worked on gender equality, delivered a speech titled “Women and Media: Gender Equality” at Columbia University's School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA) on January 28, 2013[10][11] Vuslat played an important role in the establishment of the Editorial Principles Board in 2013, a first of its kind in Turkey, which oversees journalistic principles such as “peace journalism”, “hate speech”, “women and children-oriented (biased) view”, as well as professional ethical rules such as not allowing press trips to be used for advertisements, not allowing those covering the economy and stock market to engage in stock exchange transactions, and not allowing journalists to engage in other commercial activities.[12][13] In 2013, she played a crucial role in establishing Turkey’s first Editorial Principles Board, overseeing journalistic guidelines on peace journalism, hate speech, and issues affecting women and children. The board also set professional standards, such as prohibiting press trips for advertising, barring journalists who cover the economy from stock trading, and preventing reporters from engaging in commercial activities. On September 17, 2015, Hürriyet newspaper was also targeted in the attacks on opposition newspapers when he was CEO. The attack was also reported in the New York Times.[14] In April 2016, at the Women in the World (WITW) Summit, she made a speech as the guest of honour at the gala dinner of the meeting.[15] In February 2017, at the Columbia University World Leader Forum, she gave a speech on ‘Fostering a Better Conversation and Understanding of Islam: The Vital Role of Media’ together with Lee Bollinger.[16] In October 2017, in the United States, the Atlantic Council organized a conference entitled “Islamophobia: Dispelling Myths and Promoting Better Dialogue.” Vuslat delivered a keynote address on the panel’s theme, criticizing Islamophobia[17][18] At Hürriyet, she worked on human rights, with a particular focus on gender equality issues. In 2004, she launched Turkey’s first “End Domestic Violence” movement. She also initiated a widespread training program for imams and police forces on domestic violence.[19][20] Art careerAn activist, civil society leader and former newspaper publisher, Vuslat has spent most of her life working to make an impact on gender equality, domestic violence and freedom of expression. Vuslat is a multidisciplinary artist whose practice spans drawing, sculpture, ceramics, and installations. Her works frequently delve into themes such as trust, interconnectedness, memory, and collective consciousness. Drawing inspiration from mythological narratives, nature-culture dynamics, and philosophical discourses, Vuslat's art embodies a rich interplay of ideas and mediums. One of her significant projects, titled Emanet, reflects deeply on values such as trust, care, and guardianship. This body of work serves as a meditation on ancient traditions, spiritual practices, healing, and the act of remembering. After almost two decades of making art privately, her first exhibition took place in May of 2022, “Silence”, curated by Chus Martinez at Pi Artworks Gallery in London.[21] In June 2023, her first institutional show "Emanet" which was curated by Chus Martínez, was held at the Baksi Museum in Bayburt, north eastern side of Turkey[22][23][24] PhilanthropyA law was enacted on domestic violence following an eight-year effort on her part through the “No More Domestic Violence” campaign she has initiated while she was the chief executive officer of Hürriyet.[25] Sabancı also helped establish a platform to gather all Non Profit Organisations formed around issues concerning women under the same roof, and function as a pressure lobby to ensure more women could be voted into the Parliament, prior to the General Elections in 2010. As a consequence of this effort, the number of female MPs rose to 78 after the 2011 elections, from 48.[26] References
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