article published at a website named as 'Pelican File' (Pelikan Dosyası) on 1 May 2016,[1] and during the period that resulted with resignation of Ahmet Davutoğlu.
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.
[17] President of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdoğan visited the mansion for 1.5 hours in 2019 to get information about research on Bosphorus Global's social media accounts and their abroad activity.
[19] The organization has been seen as backing the organisation named as Pelikan, on the mails between Süheyb Öğüt which leaked to WikiLeaks.
Old deputy Aydın Ünal, shared a statement which was later deleted: "Let's record that to the history while there's enough time for precaution: The organisation also named as 'Pelikan' is slyly poisoning AK Party.
[25][26] Abdülhamit Gül was allegedly targeted by Pelikan group during a change on the cabinet has been brought to the agenda.
[27] On 17 September 2019, Sabah newspaper writer Dilek Güngör, implicitly criticized the Minister of Justice by saying ''As you see, history is repeating itself, but nobody is able to notice the size of danger on the judiciary.
[35][36] Investigations and lawsuits were launched against Aydın Ünal, former copywriter of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, for his statement “Pelikan is the new FETÖ”.