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Mehmet Ali Yalç?nda? has been appointed to coordinate and manage the editorial policy of the Do?an Holding's media assets, the holding said in a statement on Dec. 21. 

Ameer Mehtr could not afford to pay smugglers to take him from Turkey to Greece so the Syrian refugee swam across in swirling currents, defeating high waves and exhausting circumstances. Swimming the eight kilometer stretch to Europe took a total of seven and a half hours.

Iranian musician Mohsen Namjoo is in Turkey to perform two concerts in ?zmir and Istanbul. He says Turkey is his second home and he plans to live in Istanbul Iranian musician Mohsen Namjoo, who is in Turkey once again after his first concert in January, has said he loved Turkey very much and planned to live in Istanbul. "I left Iran and live in the U.S. but Turkey is my second home.

A total of 37 works, which were displayed last year at the Burhan Do?ançay Museum at an exhibit titled "Picture the World: Burhan Do?ançay as a Photographer," were presented to collectors during a special sales event of the late painter and photographer on Dec. 15. 

The museum's director, Bergin Azer, said the photos would go on display in the geographies where they had been taken. 

Greek-Irish model Georgia Salpa and her husband, hedge fund manager, Joe Penna are the proud parents of twin boys. Fans were shocked to find out that Salpa is now a mum as she never showed signs of being pregnant. She said in a statement: “Delighted with the arrival of twin boys, the most special perfect little babies and we are so in love with them.”

Serbia has "long deserved" to open EU membership negotiations chapters, Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic has said.

He added that Monday's opening of the chapters was encouraging, but that this was "not a time for euphoria."

Gift-giving Santa Claus has come to signify indulgence. Known also as Saint Nicholas, Father Christmas, Kris Kringle or just plain Santa, there’s more Greek to him than most people know.

Xmas is a common abbreviation for Christmas that many Christiams object to, believing that it is less “Christian” than the ordinary spelling. The truth is that, in the Xmas version of the word, the X comes from the Greek letter Chi (X) – that is the first letter of the Greek word Χριστός (Christ).

Serbia's culture and information minister, Ivan Tasovac, has sent an open letter to state broadcaster RTS Director Dragan Bujosevic.

In it, Tasovac describes Bujosevic as "a journalist with a repressed ambition to be a politician."

“Andreas died and left the party to unworthy successors” Dimitra Liani writes in her book “Orgi tou Andrea!” (“The Rage of Andreas!”) published by Livani publications clarifying, as she said to protothema.gr, that this is a political book reflecting the rage of Andreas and his clear policy.