Turkish National Team Holland Bound

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Turkish Airlines signed a new deal with Turkish National Team...

Turkish national football team traveled to Netherlands on Monday for their World Cup qualification first game against Holland.

Turkey will play their first match in Group D against Holland on Friday in 2014 World Cup qualification.

The match will kick off at 21:30 Turkish local time at Amsterdam Arena stadium.

The Turkey squad:

Bekir Irtegun, Caner Erkin, Egemen Korkmaz, Fehmi Mert Gunok, Gokhan Gonul, Hasan Ali Kaldirim, Mehmet Topal (Fenerbahce), Burak Yilmaz, Hamit Altintop, Selcuk Inan, Semih Kaya, Umut Bulut, Hakan Kadir Balta (Galatasaray), Cenk Gonen (Besiktas), Tolga Zengin (Trabzonspor), Arda Turan, Emre Belezoglu (Atletico Madrid), Omer Toprak (Bayer Leverkusen), Gokhan Tore (Rubin Kazan), Nuri Sahin (Liverpool), Sercan Sararer (Greuther Furth), Mevlut Erdinc (Rennais), Tunay Torun (Stuttgart), Mehmet Ekici (Werder Bremen).

BESIKTAS HOST DYNOMO KYIV IN ISTANBUL,TURKEY

Besiktas set to host Ukraine's Dynamo Kyiv on Thursday in the first leg game in the round of 32 at the UEFA Europa League.


The game at Istanbul's Fiyapi Inonu Stadium will kick-off at 8:00 p.m. Turkish local time.(1:00 PM. ET)

Besiktas finished second in their group at the UEFA Europa League.

BESIKTAS SACK VETERAN SKIPPER IBRAHIM UZULMEZ....

THE REASON...PUNCHING HIS TEAMMATE!

Besiktas have taken the stunning step of sacking captain Ibrahim Uzulmez ahead of their Europa League last-32 tie at home to Dynamo Kiev on Thursday.

The move came following an emergency meeting after club's board of meeting ,looked into the events which unfolded during half-time of Sunday's 1-0 defeat to Ankaragucu.


Ibrahim Uzulmez,punched Ibrahim Toraman after both had become embroiled in an argument, witnessed by coach Bernd Schuster.


This is not the first time happened ,they also exchanged blows at a pre-season training camp in Austria in 2008.

Besiktas Club said "statement read: "Upon learning of the unsportsmanlike conduct he displayed

in the dressing room during the half-time interval of this week's match against Ankaragucu,

our executive board held an emergency meeting and, in line with coaching staff recommendations, unanimously decided to terminate player Ibrahim Uzulmez's contract with immediate effect."

BIG PROBLEM,,,, INJURIES FOR BESIKTAS!

Goalkeeper Cenk Gonen with a broken finger and defender Ersan Gulum with a season-ending knee ligament injury.

As far as Dynamo, this will be their first since the Ukrainian League shut down for its winter break two months ago, and the first for new head coach Yuri Semin.


The winners of this clash in two matches ,will go on to face either Manchester City or Aris Thessaloniki in the last 16.

So, this is very important match for Besiktas tonight at home...

They must win with a clear and big score...