Terim trims Turkey squad

Altintop, Basturk and Kas all omitted

Last updated: 28th May 2008

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Turkey coach Fatih Terim has named his 23-man squad for Euro 2008.

Terim has omitted Schalke striker Halil Altintop, Stuttgart midfielder Yildiray Basturk and Getafe right-back Ibrahim Kas.

The announcement was made at a news conference at Bielefeld, Germany, where the team has been training since 17th May.

In-form Fenerbahce right-back Gokhan Gonul was forced to withdraw from the provisional squad after he sustained a foot injury.

Turkey have been drawn in Group A at this summer's finals and kick-off their campaign against Portugal before facing Switzerland and then the Czech Republic.

Turkey squad: Volkan Demirel (Fenerbahce), Rustu Recber (Besiktas), Tolga Zengin (Trabzonspor); Ugur Boral (Fenerbahce), Sabri Sarioglu, Servet Cetin, Hakan Kadir Balta, Emre Gungor (Galatasaray), Gokhan Zan (Besiktas), Emre Asik (Ankaraspor); Mehmet Aurelio, Kazim Kazim (Fenerbahce), Mehmet Topal, Ayhan Akman, Arda Turan (Galatasaray), Emre Belozoglu (Newcastle United), Tumer Metin (Larissa), Hamit Altintop (Bayern Munich), Tuncay Sanli (Middlesbrough); Gokdeniz Karadeniz (Rubin Kazan), Nihat Kahveci (Villareal/ESP), Semih Senturk (Fenerbahce), Mevlut Erdinc (Sochaux).