Turkish national team squad - Barcelona star invited

Turkish national team squad – Barcelona star invited

Emre Sarigul

March 18, 2016

Turkish national team squad – Barcelona star invited — BILBAO, SPAIN - JANUARY 20: Arda Turan of FC Barcelola duels for the ball with Inigo Lekue of Athletic Club during the Copa del Rey Quarter Final First Leg match between Athletic Club and FC Barcelola at San Mames Stadium on January 20, 2016 in Bilbao, Spain. (Photo by Juan Manuel Serrano Arce/Getty Images)

The Turkish national team side ahead of the international enerriendly games against Sweden and Austria which will be played on 24 and 29 March, respectively has been announced.

Fatih Terim has decided to call up Borussia Dortmund midfielder Nuri Sahin at recovering from injury. Mainz 05 star Yunus Malli has also been selected as has Barcelona star Arda Turan.

Terim has picked a full strength side with the only notable absentee being Fenerbahce goalkeeper Volkan Demirel.

Full Turkish national team squad:

Volkan Babacan (Medipol Başakşehir), Harun Tekin (Bursaspor), Muammer Zülfikar Yıldırım (Mersin İdman Yurdu), Gökhan Gönül (Fenerbahçe), Şener Özbayraklı (Fenerbahçe), Hakan Kadir Balta (Galatasaray), Ahmet Yılmaz Çalık (Gençlerbirliği), Çağlar Söyüncü (Altınordu), Mehmet Topal (Fenerbahçe), Caner Erkin (Fenerbahçe), İsmail Köybaşı (Beşiktaş), Kerim Frei (Beşiktaş), Volkan Şen (Fenerbahçe), Alper Potuk (Fenerbahçe), Arda Turan (FC Barcelona), Hakan Çalhanoğlu (Bayer 04 Leverkusen), Nuri Şahin (Borussia Dortmund), Selçuk İnan (Galatasaray), Oğuzhan Özyakup (Beşiktaş), Ozan Tufan (Fenerbahçe), Olcay Şahan (Beşiktaş), Yasin Öztekin (Galatasaray), Yunus Mallı (FSV Mainz 05), Cenk Tosun (Beşiktaş), Onur Recep Kıvrak (Trabzonspor), Serdar Aziz (Bursaspor), Burak Yılmaz (Beijing Guoan FC)”