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 Turkey
After a rollercoaster
of a qualifying round, Turkey managed to qualify as 2nd of
their group, behind Greece, and now on their 3rd
appearance in the European Championships Finals, they seem determined
to impress European football.Β
The "Emperor"
of Turkish football, as manager and leader, Fatih Terim is called,
wants this tournament to become a landmark for his nation's
football history, and he is ready to show Europe his aggressive and
passionate tactics. However, he surprised everyone when he omitted
from the Euro 2008 squad, the 36-year-old local hero Hakan ΕΓΌkΓΌr,
the greatest footballer of Turkish history.
Goalkeepers:
Volkan
Demirel (Fenerbahçe SK)
RΓΌΕtΓΌ ReΓ§ber
(BeΕiktaΕ JK)
Tolga Zengin (Trabzonspor)
Defenders:
Gökhan Gönül (Fenerbahçe SK)
Sabri
SarΔ±oΔlu (Galatasaray AΕ)
GΓ¶khan Zan (BeΕiktaΕ
JK)
Δ°brahim KaΕ (BeΕiktaΕ JK)
Emre AΕΔ±k
(Galatasaray AΕ)
Servet Γ‡etin (Galatasaray AΕ)
Hakan
Balta (Galatasaray AΕ)
UΔur Boral (FenerbahΓ§e SK)
Midfielders:
Mehmet Aurélio (Fenerbahçe SK)
Mehmet Topal
(Galatasaray AΕ)
Emre BelΓ¶zoΔlu (Newcastle United
FC)
TΓΌmer Metin (Larissa FC)
YΔ±ldΔ±ray BaΕtΓΌrk
(VfB Stuttgart)
Hamit AltΔ±ntop (FC Bayern MΓΌnchen)
Ayhan
Akman (Galatasaray AΕ)
Arda Turan (Galatasaray AΕ)
Tuncay
ΕanlΔ± (Middlesbrough FC)
KazΔ±m KazΔ±m
(Fenerbahçe SK)
Gökdeniz Karadeniz (FC Rubin Kazan)
Forwards:
Nihat
Kahveci (Villarreal CF)
Halil AltΔ±ntop (FC Schalke 04)
Semih
ΕentΓΌrk (FenerbahΓ§e SK)
MevlΓΌt Erding (FC
Sochaux-MontbΓ©liard).
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