Are the men of Islamic countries really happy? How do they carry that burden, how do they cover everything they are expected to be? What is the real problem; the book or the interpretations? Nefise Özkal Lorentzen, seeks answers to those questions in the last film episode of her Islam Trilogy.

Turkey’s Cumalıkızık and Bergama sites entered UNESCO’s World Heritage List. Turkey has 13 places on the list now.

The European Court of Human Rights ordered Turkey to pay damages to applicants from Evrensel and Dema Nu newspapers for violating the freedom of expression.

Turkey’s Higher Council of Radio and Television, RTÜK, announced that Ankara 9th High Criminal Court issued a media ban on all news coverage related to ISIL’s raid in the Consulate General of Turkey in Mosul and its taking of hostages on the grounds of security issues.

Truck Drivers’ Union Chairman Çetin Ünlü announced that 30 of the 31 drivers took hostage by ISIL militants were released. Located in Erbil, truck driver Akbaş told bianet that they have still waited for their friends, however they haven’t been released yet.

The European Court of Human Rights founded Turkey guilty in the case of Aktepe, a young conscript who lost his life during compulsory military service. Turkey was also condemned in the case regarding the imprisonment of four Jehovah's Witnesses conscientious objectors.

The European Court of Human Rights issued a verdict in the case of Yüksel Yiğitdoğan, an inmate who was tortured in detention and forced to testify without a lawyer. Turkey was convicted for violating ECHR’s “prohibition of inhuman or degrading treatment” and right to a fair trial.

Alternative media and radio activist José Ignacio López Vigil: "There are many community radios in Latin America putting up a fight against mines and transnational corporations."

The chairman of Dev Maden-Sen Görgün claimed that the statement of the labor “The mining laws in Turkey are advanced than ILO agreement” don't reflect the truth, and Turkey evaded its responsibilities by not signing the agreement.

Turkey hasn’t signed the International Labor Organization’s No.176 “Security and Health in Mines Agreement” for 19 years. The agreement loads many responsibilities to the government and the employers.

Rıza Türmen, a former judge at ECHR and CHP deputy, evaluated Foreign Minister Davutoğlu’s statement regarding not paying the penalty to ECHR for Cyprus.

The European Court of Human Rights ordered Turkey to pay 90 million euros for its military intervention to Cyprus in 1974 and leaving the island divided ever since.

In response to PM Erdoğan’s claims that “the archives are open” for researchers on the Armenian Genocide, researcher Polatel told bianet:“The documents in Ottoman and Republic era were hidden, destroyed or unclassified.”

The European Court of Human Rights found Turkey guilty of violating “right to respect for private and family life and correspondence”, ordering the Turkish state to pay non-pecuniary damages to the applicants.

Turkish authorities are building a 30 centimeters wide and 3 meters high concrete wall in Kuşaklı village of Reyhanlı town on Turkish-Syrian border in order to prevent “border violations”.

Canada’s CBC and Radio Canada are doing a documentary for the 100th anniversary of Armenian Genocide. bianet interviewed Ines Faro, owner of the idea and the journalist of the documentary.

What did Armenians think about Erdoğan’s speech on April 24? Elif Akgül reported from Yerevan.

From the early hours of yesterday morning, thousands flocked into the Armenian Genocide Monument in Yerevan, leaving flowers in memory of those who lost their lives in 1915.

Most commentators have turned a blind eye to some of the more unsavoury aspects of either Putin and the Maidan, depending on their ideological background. Hypocrisy is everywhere, but that doesn't mean we should be ambivalent about what's happening in Ukraine.

The Armenia-Turkey border is shut down by Turkey since over 20 years. Being pressed in this difficult corner of the world, the issue of the closed border is the bleeding wound of Armenia, which is languishing the country everyday. This is an issue that even the friends of Armenians in Turkey are still hesitant to talk about it.