Turkey’s extended squad for the 2026 World Cup has been announced

NEWS FEED18.05.2026
Turkey’s extended squad for the 2026 World Cup has been announced

The Turkish Football Federation (TFF) has announced the extended squad of the national team for the 2026 World Cup.

“Elchi” reports that the organization’s website has released information regarding this.

The announced preliminary list includes the names of 35 players.

We present the list to you:

Goalkeepers

Altay Bayındır

Ersin Destanoğlu

Mert Günok

Muhammed Şengezer

Uğurcan Çakır

Defenders

Abdülkərim Bardakcı

Ahmetcan Kaplan

Çağlar Söyüncü

Eren Elmalı

Ferdi Kadıoğlu

Merih Demiral

Mert Müldür

Mustafa Eskihellaç

Ozan Kabak

Samet Akaydın

Yusuf Akçiçek

Zeki Çelik

Midfielders

Atakan Karazor

Demir Ege Tıknaz

Hakan Çalhanoğlu

İsmail Yüksek

Kaan Ayhan

Orkun Kökçü

Salih Özcan

Aral Şimşir

Arda Güler

Barış Alper Yılmaz

Forwards

Can Uzun

Deniz Gül

İrfan Can Kahveci

Kenan Yıldız

Kerem Aktürkoğlu

Oğuz Aydın

Yunus Akgün

Yusuf Sarı

It should be noted that the Turkish national team will face the USA, Paraguay, and Australia in Group D of the World Cup.