In November 2017, Chinese dissident artist Ai WeiWei published a letter he wrote in solidarity with Doğan's case, drawing parallels between Chinese and Turkish repression of artistic expression.
En novembro de 2017, o artista disidente chino Ai WeiWei publicou unha carta de solidariedade con Dogan establecendo paralelismos entre a represión á liberdade de expresión dos gobernos chino e turco.