Turkey's national football team has officially unveiled its expanded squad for the 2026 World Cup. The team, which will face the United States, Australia, and Paraguay in Group D, will prepare for the tournament with friendly matches against North Macedonia and Venezuela.

The matches are scheduled to take place on June 1st in Istanbul and June 7th in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. The Turkish team will commence training on May 22nd at the TFF Hasan Doğan National Teams Training and Education Facility. The squad will go into camp on May 29th and travel to the United States for the match against Venezuela the day after their game against North Macedonia.

The 35-player expanded squad, selected by Technical Director Vincenzo Montella, includes the following players:

Goalkeepers: Altay Bayındır (Manchester United), Ersin Destanoğlu (Beşiktaş), Mert Günok (Fenerbahçe), Muhammed Şengezer (RAMS Başakşehir), Uğurcan Çakır (Galatasaray)

Defenders: Abdülkerim Bardakcı (Galatasaray), Ahmetcan Kaplan (NEC Nijmegen), Çağlar Söyüncü (Fenerbahçe), Eren Elmalı (Galatasaray), Ferdi Kadıoğlu (Brighton & Hove Albion), Merih Demiral (Al-Ahli), Mert Müldür (Fenerbahçe), Mustafa Eskihellaç (Trabzonspor), Ozan Kabak (Hoffenheim), Samet Akaydin (Çaykur Rizespor), Yusuf Akçiçek (Al-Hilal), Zeki Çelik (Roma)

Midfielders: Atakan Karazor (Stuttgart), Demir Ege Tıknaz (Braga), Hakan Çalhanoğlu (Inter), İsmail Yüksek (Fenerbahçe), Kaan Ayhan (Galatasaray), Orkun Kökçü (Beşiktaş), Salih Özcan (Borussia Dortmund)

Forwards: Aral Şimşir (Midtjylland), Arda Güler (Real Madrid), Barış Alper Yılmaz (Galatasaray), Can Uzun (Eintracht Frankfurt), Deniz Gül (Porto), İrfan Can Kahveci (Kasımpaşa), Kenan Yıldız (Juventus), Kerem Aktürkoğlu (Fenerbahçe), Oğuz Aydın (Fenerbahçe), Yunus Akgün (Galatasaray), Yusuf Sarı (RAMS Başakşehir)