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Turkey include Emre Mor and Gökhan Töre

Wednesday, May 18, 2016

Uncapped Emre Mor, the out-of-form Mevlüt Erdinç and the suspended Gökhan Töre are the surprise names in Fatih Terim's provisional Turkey squad for UEFA EURO 2016.

Gökhan Töre is in Turkey's squad despite being suspended for their first two EURO games
Gökhan Töre is in Turkey's squad despite being suspended for their first two EURO games ©AFP/Getty Images

Turkey coach Fatih Terim has named a provisional 31-man squad for UEFA EURO 2016 and the upcoming friendlies against England (22 May), Montenegro (29 May) and Slovenia (5 June).

UEFA.com wonderkid Emre Mor, who plays for Nordsjælland in Denmark, makes the cut despite having made just one appearance for Turkey's Under-21s, while striker Mevlüt Erdinç – who has had a tough season with Hannover and Guingamp, on loan – is also a surprise nomination.

Perhaps the most unexpected inclusion is that of Beşiktaş winger Gökhan Töre, who will be suspended for his country's first two finals fixtures – against Croatia and Spain – having been sent off in Turkey's last qualifier against Iceland.

"Gökhan has served us well in the past and he will help in the future too," said Terim. "We didn't want him away from us and I have included him on the basis we are very hopeful of making the latter stages of the competition."

Volkan Babacan in action during qualifying
Volkan Babacan in action during qualifying©AFP/Getty Images

Provisional Turkey squad for UEFA EURO 2016
Goalkeepers: Ali Şaşal Vural (Eskişehirspor), Harun Tekin (Bursaspor), Onur Kıvrak (Trabzonspor), Volkan Babacan (İstanbul Başakşehir).

Defenders: Gökhan Gönül (Fenerbahçe), Şener Özbayraklı (Fenerbahçe), Ahmet Çalık (Gençlerbirliği), Çağlar Söyüncü (Altınordu), Hakan Balta (Galatasaray), Mehmet Topal (Fenerbahçe), Semih Kaya (Galatasaray), Serdar Aziz (Bursaspor), Caner Erkin (Fenerbahçe), İsmail Köybaşı (Beşiktaş).

Midfielders: Emre Mor (Nordsjælland), Gökhan Töre (Beşiktaş), Volkan Şen (Fenerbahçe), Yasin Öztekin (Galatasaray), Hakan Çalhanoğu (Bayer Leverkusen), Mahmut Tekdemir (İstanbul Başakşehir), Nuri Şahin (Borussia Dortmund), Oğuzhan Özyakup (Beşiktaş), Ozan Tufan (Fenerbahçe), Selçuk İnan (Galatasaray), Alper Potuk (Fenerbahçe), Arda Turan (Barcelona), Olcay Şahan (Beşiktaş).

Forwards: Burak Yılmaz (Beijing Guoan), Cenk Tosun (Beşiktaş), Mevlüt Erdinç (Guingamp), Yunus Mallı (Mainz).

Turkey's Group D fixtures
12/06: Turkey v Croatia (Paris)
17/06: Spain v Turkey (Nice)
21/06: Czech Republic v Turkey (Lens)

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