Türkiye bring a 26-player squad to the 2026 FIFA World Cup, headlined by Hakan Çalhanoğlu, Arda Güler with Uğurcan Çakır in goal. Below is the full roster with positions, clubs and Perfect Eleven ratings — then spin up your own dream XI free.
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▶ Spin to draft a Türkiye player OR PLAY FROM SCRATCHSpend ninety minutes watching this Turkey side and you stop counting goals and start counting passes. Vincenzo Montella has built something that wants the ball, keeps the ball, and dares you to chase it. The pulse comes from Hakan Çalhanoğlu, who has quietly become one of the most complete deep-lying midfielders in Europe at Inter Milan; everything routes through his right boot. Ahead of him, Arda Güler brings Real Madrid's gloss and a passing imagination that turns half-chances into clear ones.
What lifts the whole thing, though, is youth that plays without fear. Kenan Yıldız carries Juventus swagger and a left foot that bends games his way, while Kerem Aktürkoğlu attacks the opposite flank like a man with a grudge against full-backs. Behind that, Uğurcan Çakır offers steady hands in goal and Abdülkerim Bardakcı holds the line with the calm of a captain.
The real test is nerve. Güler and Yıldız are being asked to deliver a knockout run Turkey hasn't tasted since 2002. Survive Group D, and suddenly nobody wants to draw them.
| Player | Pos | Club | OVR |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uğurcan Çakır | GK | GALATASARAY | 87 |
| Mert Günok | GK | FENERBAHÇE | 80 |
| Altay Bayındır | GK | MAN UNITED | 78 |
| Abdülkerim Bardakcı | CB | GALATASARAY | 83 |
| Merih Demiral | CB | AL-AHLI | 82 |
| Çağlar Söyüncü | CB | FENERBAHÇE | 81 |
| Zeki Çelik | RB | AS ROMA | 80 |
| Ferdi Kadıoğlu | LB | BRIGHTON | 79 |
| Mert Müldür | RB | FENERBAHÇE | 78 |
| Eren Elmalı | LB | GALATASARAY | 78 |
| Ozan Kabak | CB | HOFFENHEIM | 77 |
| Samet Akaydın | CB | ÇAYKUR RIZESPOR | 73 |
| Hakan Çalhanoğlu | CDM | INTER MILAN | 91 |
| Orkun Kökçü | CM | BEŞIKTAŞ | 82 |
| Salih Özcan | CDM | DORTMUND | 81 |
| Kaan Ayhan | CDM | GALATASARAY | 80 |
| İsmail Yüksek | CDM | FENERBAHÇE | 78 |
| Arda Güler | CAM | REAL MADRID | 87 |
| Kenan Yıldız | LW | JUVENTUS | 86 |
| Kerem Aktürkoğlu | LW | FENERBAHÇE | 84 |
| Barış Alper Yılmaz | RW | GALATASARAY | 83 |
| Can Uzun | CAM | EINTRACHT | 81 |
| Yunus Akgün | RW | GALATASARAY | 80 |
| Deniz Gül | ST | PORTO | 80 |
| İrfan Can Kahveci | CAM | KASIMPAŞA | 77 |
| Oğuz Aydın | RW | FENERBAHÇE | 77 |
▶ Now draft your XI — start with Türkiye