Pelikan (organization)

Pelikan is a group in Turkey, which became known publicly after the 'All Hail!' (Selam Olsun!) article published at a website named as 'Pelican File' (Pelikan Dosyası) on 1 May 2016, and during the period that resulted with resignation of Ahmet Davutoğlu. Hilal Kaplan, Melih Altınok, Süheyb Öğüt, Cemil Barlas, Kurtuluş Tayiz, Selman Öğüt, and Haşmet Babaoğlu has been claimed to be group members. The 'All Hail' (Selam Olsun!) text – which was inside of a newly opened blog site and exposed the existence of Pelikan group – was shared by Cemil Barlas, Merve Taşçı, Atifet Ulusoy, Elif Şahin and Filiz Gündüz from personal Twitter accounts on 1 May 2016. The memo has been claimed to portray not only Davutoğlu as target but also other people serving inside the government as the target, and even it has been claimed that the memo accuses Hakan Fidan as being Davutoğlu's man. An old member of the group, Fırat Erez, defined the group's purpose during foundation process 'creating AKP's social media team' and said that the fake sharings made by the group at social media was disclosed. The sharings of Erez was interpreted as "reopening old wounds" on the press. Pelikan group shares messages to the public opinion that wanted to be conveyed by the group, with different social media accounts. This kind of accounts named as "troll accounts" by some people. Occasionally, some social media collaborations and advertisements are also made by the group. In addition to those, the group has been stated to have been funding some people like İnci Sözlük founder Serkan İnci. The account named as @BosphorusGlobal operated on Twitter; is the account of a civil society organisation named as 'Boğaziçi Küresel İlişkiler Merkezi' (Bosporus Global Relations Center, or simply Bosporus Global). President of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdoğan visited...