Terim and Turkey back in business

• Fatih Terim praises Turkey's "brilliant" first-half display in a 3-1 win
• "We can't afford to drop any points," adds the Turkey coach
• Arda Turan thanks fans after ending a run of poor results
• Yuri Krasnozhan feels his Kazakhstan side must adapt to new tatics
• Next games: Netherlands v Turkey, Kazakhstan v Iceland (28 March)

Fatih Terim, Turkey coach
I hope we can win all our remaining games in the group. We'll try to do that. Tonight there was really a good challenge on the field. We dominated the entire game. We played in a brilliant fashion in the first half. Obviously, there could be a difference in strength between Turkey and Kazakhstan, but their power and ambition made them a team which needed to be taken seriously.

Arda [Turan] is a key player and we fielded him in a different role tonight. Arda is an important weapon for our team. Of course you need a player like Arda when you play against sides like the Netherlands. But our national team needs to get used to such situations. I didn't substitute him because he seemed to be enjoying the game.

There are still six matches to be played. When the draw was made, I mentioned four teams of which three would eventually qualify for the finals. Now those teams are ranked in the top four. We can't afford to drop any points.

Tonight Burak [Yılmaz] scored the goals. Umut [Bulut] couldn't, but he pressed up front and made sacrifices and was successful too. It could have been a bigger victory for us, but what was important was getting three points. Selçuk [İnan]'s performance was really good. He played his best game of the last few weeks.

Arda Turan, Turkey midfielder
First of all, we are happy that we won – it was an important game for us. Yes we lost our confidence and are having bad days, but we won't surrender. We still fully believe in ourselves. We've come back from tough situations like this before and can do that again.

Today, I thank the fans for their belief. These are hard times, but we will stand up again. These players can do it. We will work hard and pray. If we can do it, we will do it all together. We need to look out for each other. If we fall, we will fall together; if we stand, we will stand together.

Kazakhstan played well and have scored in each of their games. They are progressing and I hope they do well in the future.

Olcay Şahan, Turkey forward
Finally getting three points is nice, but in order to have a chance, we need to keep winning. We want to continue by racking up wins. We want to go as far as we can.

Yuri Krasnozhan, Kazakhstan coach
I don't really want to talk about the first half – there's not much to say. You could see it was different in the second half because Turkey stopped pressing and let us play.

What decided the result of the game wasn't our players – it was our tactics. After the Czech Republic game, we changed our tactics and played a bit differently. We need some time to adapt to this new mentality. We will get better day by day. I think that, except for Latvia, all the other teams in the group can qualify for the finals.