The 23-man squad of the Turkish National Football Team that will compete at the European Football Championship EURO 2016 in France starting on June 10 was announced on Tuesday.
Goalkeepers:
Harun Tekin (Bursaspor), Onur Kıvrak (Trabzonspor), Volkan Babacan (Başakşehir)
Defense:
Ahmet Çalık (Gençlerbirliği), Caner Erkin (Fenerbahçe), Gökhan Gönül (Fenerbahçe), Hakan Balta (Galatasaray), İsmail Köybaşı (Beşiktaş), Mehmet Topal (Fenerbahçe), Semih Kaya (Galatasaray), Şener Özbayraklı (Fenerbahçe)
Midfielders:
Arda Turan (Barcelona / Spain), Emre Mor (Nordsjaelland / Denmark), Hakan Çalhanoğlu (Bayer Leverkusen / Germany), Nuri Şahin (Borussia Dortmund / Germany), Selçuk İnan (Galatasaray), Oğuzhan Özyakup (Beşiktaş), Olcay Şahan (Beşiktaş), Ozan Tufan (Fenerbahçe), Volkan Şen (Fenerbahçe), Yunus Mallı (Mainz 05 / Germany)
Strikers:
Burak Yılmaz (Beijing Guoan / China), Cenk Tosun (Beşiktaş)
The initial squad announced as 31 players were reduced to 23 players. Here are the players that were not included into the EURO 2016 squad: Ali Şaşal Vural (Eskişehirspor), Alper Potuk (Fenerbahçe), Çağlar Söyüncü (Altınordu), Gökhan Töre (Beşiktaş), Mahmut Tekdemir (Başakşehir), Mevlüt Erdinç (Guingamp / France), Serdar Aziz (Bursaspor), Yasin Öztekin (Galatasaray).
Following a friendly match with Slovenia on June 5, the Red-Whites will move to France to participate in the 24-team tournament. Here's the fixture of Turkish National Football Team in Group D:
June 12, Sunday - 15:00 CET: Turkey-Croatia
June 17, Friday - 21:00 CET: Spain-Turkey
June 21, Tuesday - 21:00 CET: Czech Republic-Turkey
