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The International Antalya Piano Festival is returning for a 17th year on Sept. 21 with world-famous artists. 

For the first time this year, the festival, which was previously organized at the Antalya Culture Center, will be organized at the EXPO 2016 Antalya Congress Center in order to facilitate the participation of a higher number of people. 

Jail sentences have been given to 45 university students who staged a protest against then Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan during the launch ceremony of a Turkish satellite in December 2012 at the Middle East Technical University (ODTÜ). 

The government aims to shrink the share of the public sector in the economy and boost savings, Deputy Prime Minister Nurettin Canikli has said.

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Sept. 20 expressed regret for sexual abuse by U.N. peacekeepers in Central African Republic and an outbreak of cholera in Haiti during his final address to the annual gathering of world leaders in New York. 

Some 41 sheep have been found killed after being poisoned in the Karatay district of the Central Anatolian province of Konya, Doğan News Agency reported on Sept. 19. 

Some 15 of the 41 sheep were found by their owner Alaattin Gezer struggling for their lives following the apparent poisoning, after which he opted to slaughter them.

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) on Sept. 20 ordered Turkey to pay compensation to a couple from the eastern province of Ağrı who had filed a complaint over their son's death during his compulsory military service. 

Şirin and Barika Güzelaydın applied to the court claiming that their son Burhan had been killed and had not committed suicide. 

Two Turkish soldiers were killed on Sept. 20 on the 28th day of the Euphrates Shield operation, as Ankara-backed Free Syrian Army (FSA) fighters advance near the al-Bab region with the support of U.S.-led coalition warplanes, Doğan News Agency has reported.

Two Turkish soldiers were killed on the morning of Sept. 20 during the ongoing Euphrates Shield operation in northern Syria, Doğan News Agency has reported.

Police detained 13 suspects on Sept. 20 at the lodgings of Turkey's biggest petrochemicals company, PETKİM, in the Aliağa district of İzmir as part of the ongoing investigation into the Fetullahist Terror Organization (FETÖ), which has been accused of orchestrating the failed coup attempt of July 15.

It seems difficult to please Turkey's Western allies when it comes to relations with Russia. They are concerned when there is tension between the two, but they are equally worried when relations warm up again.