Mass media

Seven panel windows at the Do?an Media Center building in Ankara, which hosts Ankara offices of daily Hürriyet and Hürriyet Daily News, exploded at around 5 p.m. on Dec. 12.

Ankara Governor's office said in statement that the incident was not linked to a gun attack according to the inspections as police officials said no ballistic traces were found. 

It is true that Kendall Jenner and Gigi Hadid are the rising stars of the fashion industry.

With countless high fashion campaigns, strong social media presence, beauty endorsements and runway history as evidence, the two models made everyone talking about them.

The Society for the German language on Friday chose “Fluechtlinge”— refugees — as the Word of the Year 2015. Flüchtling was chosen because it represented the “dominant theme of the year.” with thousands of refugees arriving in Germany.

The first edition of a new novel by Turkish novelist Ahmet Ümit, titled "Elveda Güzel Vatan?m" (Farewell my Beautiful Motherland), sold out within the first week after its release on Dec. 5, causing the book's publisher, Everest, to print 50,000 more copies. 

An Istanbul court rejected on Dec. 11 an appeal for the release of prominent journalists Can Dündar and Erdem Gül, who jailed pending trial on charges of "aiding terrorist organizations."      

Three journalists from daily Birgün were sentenced to 11 months in prison on Dec. 10 for allegedly insulting President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an, with the court later suspending the sentences.

Prominent journalists Can Dündar and Erdem Gül have not been imprisoned because of their press activities but for "aiding terrorist organizations," Ankara has said in a retort to the Council of Europe.

Facebook released its annual list of the most discussed topics among its users. War, natural disasters, racial tension and contentious politics dominate the FB annual list.

Using data from January 1 to December 1, Facebook shows that the U.S. presidential election has been the number one hot topic around the world, whereas Greek debt crisis dominated the talks among Facebook users.

Daily Cumhuriyet Editor-in-Chief Can Dündar, who was arrested along with his Ankara bureau chief Erdem Gül on Nov. 26 over a report on weapons-filled Turkish intelligence trucks bound for Syria, has penned a note in appreciation of a message of support from Ukraine-based women movement FEMEN.

The media privatization process in Serbia finished on Monday when the last media outlet that was announced for sale signed the contract with a buyer.

However, journalists associations claim the Serbian media will not be any freer as a result of the sales.