Eight passed over as Turkey confirm finals party

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

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

Midfielders: Emre Mor (Nordsjælland), Volkan Şen (Fenerbahçe), Hakan Çalhanoğu (Bayer Leverkusen), Nuri Şahin (Borussia Dortmund), Oğuzhan Özyakup (Beşiktaş), Ozan Tufan (Fenerbahçe), Selçuk İnan (Galatasaray), Arda Turan (Barcelona), Olcay Şahan (Beşiktaş)

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

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Serdar Aziz, Mevlüt Erdinç, Gökhan Töre, Alper Potuk, Ali Şaşal Vural, Çağlar Söyüncü, Yasin Öztekin and Mahmut Tekdemir missed out as Turkey confirmed their 23-man squad for UEFA EURO 2016.

Bursaspor centre-back Serdar was omitted as he still needs around three-weeks to recover from a groin injury, while a two-match suspension was a factor in Fatih Terim's decision to drop Beşiktaş winger Gökhan.

French-born striker Mevlüt has been off form of late, with Cenk Tosun preferred following a good spell with Turkish champions Beşiktaş, while versatile Fenerbahçe midfielder Alper was the odd man out in a side with plenty of options in central areas.

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