By Ollie Irish

If you've seen Hamit Altintop's wonder goal for Turkey vs Kazakhstan already (where have you been!?) ... well, I'm sure you won't mind seeing it again. And again. And again. This is truly a goal for the ages, which may sound a bit wanky until you actually watch the f**ker:

The goal of the season, in September?

And we're off! On to our next horizon: the EC 2012... I have to get used to that. Don't even know where it's held? Was it Albania? Turkey? Portugal? Ireland? Poland...?

Arjen Robben won't be part of this first set of games. The Bayern winger is out for months and Bert [read more]

Hello everyone. This is your new turkey.worldcupblog.org blogger Akin Parlas. From today on, we'll follow Turkey on the road of Euro 2012.

After the failure of reaching the 2010 FIFA World Cup Finals, Turkey begin their UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying Group A campaign tonight, against Kazakhstan.

Van Basten, Rooney, Yeboah, Zidane, Scholes... I am sorry. This is the new tekkers yardstick I promise it's not because i've been keeping it from you. Although I also admit i have simply been watching it and watching it. So let's get this straight. You're a professional footballer. You look like Russell Brand but with [.

Sibling knifes manager six times on touchline These crazy scenes come from Turkey's second division where Mersin Idman Yurdu coach Yuksel Yesilova was stabbed in the stomach and hip during a match against Samsunspor. The culprit was his elder brother Murat, who attended the match as a spectator before jumping onto the pitch and assaulting [.

Top 10 Leagues in Europe (according to UEFA rankings)

Have you ever wondered how UEFA decided that English teams should gets four spots in the Champions League while Turkey only gets two? Or why France only gets three spots in the Europa League while Russia get four?

We've seen a million "next Harry Kewells" but only one "next new Viduka."
Bruce Djite is clearly not the next Viduka but he did light up the A-League, Asian Champions League and Olyroos campaign and now he's back at Gold Coast United.
In need of confidence as his game suffered as he failed to make a real impact in Turkey, what better place than Australia to make his mark second time around.

With the International Break well and truly upon us, and with the recent closing of the Summer Transfer Window, there's much to mull over ahead of the next weekend's worth of matches. But despite all the transfers we feel we need to catch up on and over-analyse and the futility of watching a match between Kazakhstan and Turkey in a EURO 2012 Qualifier, there's one thing that you really need to do during this Interlull; absolutely nothing.

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Turkey took an expected win against Kazakhstan with 3-0 in the first match of EURO 2012 Qualifying Round. Arda Turan (Min.24), Hamit Altıntop (Min.26) and Nihat Kahveci (Min.75) were the scorers for Turkey in Astana Arena, Kazakhstan.

Turkey will play against Belgium in their second match of Euro 2012 Qualifying Round [read more]

Phoenix Suns forward Hedo Turkoglu scored 20 points and Sinan Guler chipped in 17 as Turkey came away with a 95-77 win over France on Sunday at the FIBA World Championship. A crowd of 15,500 fans (including 22 members of the Turkish soccer team) cheered on the home team to victory in the round of 16 game.

The Road to Euro 2012 continues on Tuesday...

Euro 2012 qualifying continues tomorrow (Tuesday, September 7) after the most countries kicked off their qualification campaign last Friday. And even though we are two years away from the final tournament and its only matchday 2- some countries are already under pressure to get results.

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Turkey will face Belgium at today in their second match of EURO 2012 Qualifying Round Group A. The match will be played in [read more]

Turkey 3-2 Belgium (Group A) Highlights
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Turkey 3-2 Belgium (Group A) Highlights
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Turkey beat Belgium 3-2 in their second match of EURO 2012 Qualifying Round Group A in Fenerbahçe Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium, Istanbul after a thrilling encounter.

Turkey's goals came from Hamit Altıntop (Min.48), Semih Şentürk (Min.66) and Arda Turan (Min.78) while, Van Buyten (Min.28, Min.

It has been a while since we have posted something in our did I just see that section, but after spotting this gem of a volley I just had to show you all...

Click here to view the embedded video.

Hamit Altintop turning out for Turkey with quite easily the most glorious volley I have ever seen from a corner.

Atletico Madrid plan to scupper Liverpool and Tottenham's attempts to land Arda Turan by making an increased bid for the Galatasaray playmaker in January.
Turan, who has previously claimed it would be a ‘dream' to wear the red of Liverpool, is highly rated on Merseyside.
talkSPORT also understands Tottenham were interested in the Turkey international but Harry Redknapp's signing of Rafael Van der Vaart suggests Turan is no longer on his radar.

This has been a great summer for Kevin Durant. First, due to LeBron James and his questionable decisions, Durant has become the unanimous best young player in the NBA. Next, while playing for Team USA, he has looked even better than advertised. The latest evidence was against Lithuania on Saturday when Durant scored 38 points to lead USA to a 89-74 victory.

Kevin Durant is officially a world superstar. The forward for the Oklahoma City Thunder carried Team USA to a gold medal in the 2010 World Championships by scoring 28 points against Turkey. Team USA won the game 81-64, as Durant hit 10-of-17 field goals and 7-of-13 three-pointers while also adding five rebounds and two blocked shots.

Bursaspor vs Valencia preview.....
First ever UEFA's Champions League match for city of Bursa ,Turkey and Bursaspor and their fans....
The city of Bursa will welcome Valencia team in their first match....
Bursaspor have played only eight European matches, have won just two, have lost all their last four without scoring and have failed to score in six of their eight games.

SPANISH FOOTBALL got off to a great start in the 2010 - 2011 CHAMPIONS LEAGUE Group qualifiers with its two representatives tonight winning their respective games & in magnificent fashion with plenty of goals.VALENCIA CF travelled to Turkey for its Group C opener against Turkish Champs BURSASPOR & won 0 -4.

I danced over to 101gg, looking for the video of Luis Valencia's ankle break, fully intending upon watching it through slightly spread fingers (curiosity killed the appetite, too), only to walk into something far, far more violent and generally unsettling.

Last night in the Turkish second division the coach of Mersin Idman Yurdu, Yuksel Yesilova, was stabbed on the sidelines by his brother.

For those who may have missed it and puzzled how- this is Hamit Altintop's over the top volley. Time for some MLK revisionism "I've been to the altintop". Dig it. After this goal, Borat might be a minor headache in Kazakhstan.

Sibling knifes manager six times on touchline These crazy scenes come from Turkey's second division where Mersin Idman Yurdu coach Yuksel Yesilova was stabbed in the stomach and hip during a match against Samsunspor. The culprit was his elder brother Murat, who attended the match as a spectator before jumping onto the pitch and assaulting [.

As the days grow shorter and the temperature, like the leaves, begins to drop I can't help but cast my thoughts back over what has been a truly momentous summer of soccer.

Was it good for you, too?

The summer began with my attention divided between the World Cup and the pending opening of our brand new team's brand new stadium.

Fenerbahce 1-1 Besiktas Highlights Turkey

More goals after the break

Lucy Zelic, Paddy Bordier and Eamonn Flanagan talk A-League to death.
Is Leckie the new Harry and Viduka rolled into one, has Turkey goosed our Bruce, we tell ya the 3 Olyroos who will make the big-time make that 5 and the 5 Olyroos who just won't.
All the wrap from last weekend, who's hot and why Heart's Eli Babalj just isn't.

Milan Baros executing the coach potato method to goalscoring.