EURO 2008 INFO

The selection of Turkey, Fatih Terim has already released the list of summoned for the Uefa Euro 2008 ™, which fall Yıldıray Baştürk, and Ibrahim Halil Altıntop Kaş.

"Difficult decision"
Terim announced his final choice at Hotel Klosterpforte the village of Marienfeld, Germany, where he stressed how difficult it was for him to take the decision to reduce the provisional list. "I have spent a night difficult and complicated one morning to having to make this decision. Yıldıray and Halil have been regular members of the team for years and will remain so in the future. I have clear ideas of what will be the team and unfortunately I thought that there was no room for Yıldıray. It could have opted for relegated to the bench, but I think that could have affected their morale, so I decided to discard it. "

Injuries
The VfB Stuttgart midfielder's Yıldıray Baştürk has been 45 times internationally with Turkey, but could only play two matches in the qualifying round due to various injuries, something that has been instrumental in the decision to Terim. "Yıldıray has lost matches classification and could not be with us on numerous occasions because of injuries. In addition, centrocampistas Mehmet Topal, Emre Belözoğlu, Mehmet Aurelio and Tümer Metin are in a great moment of form."

Competition
Terim employs a system in which they seek more offensive centrocampistas that front, such as Arda Turan, Tuncay Şanlı or Gökdeniz Karadeniz, and this has been one of the keys to the absence of Halil Altıntop, who has managed five goals in the 20 games he has played and internationally. The defense Beşiktaş JK İbrahim Kaş, meanwhile, has only played two games with his selection and not convinced Terim in the disputed friendly last week to Slovakia. It has also been a victim of fierce competition there by the post in the Turkish defence. Anyone who is also outside the right side Gökhan Gönül, although in this case by a fracture in the second metatarsus in his right foot.

Call for Turkey
Goalkeepers: Volkan Demirel (Fenerbahçe SK), Rüştü Reçber (Beşiktaş JK), Tolga Zengin (Trabzonspor).

Defenders: Sabri Sarıoğlu (AS Galatasaray), Gökhan Zan (Beşiktaş JK), Emre Aşık (AS Galatasaray), Servet Çetin (AS Galatasaray), Hakan Balta (AS Galatasaray), UĞUR Boral (Fenerbahçe SK), Emre Güngör (Galatasaray AS) .

Midfielders: Mehmet Aurelio (Fenerbahçe SK), Mehmet Topal (AS Galatasaray), Emre Belözoglu (Newcastle United FC), Tümer Metin (Larissa FC), Hamit Altıntop (FC Bayern Munich), Ayhan Akman (Galatasaray AŞ), Arda Turan (Galatasaray AS), Tuncay Sanlı (FC Middlesbrough), Kazım Kazım (Fenerbahçe SK), Gökdeniz Karadeniz (Rubin Kazan).

Forwards: Nihat Kahveci (Villarreal CF), Semih Şentürk (Fenerbahçe SK), Mevlüt Erding (FC Sochaux-Montbéliard).