Turkey's Under-21 team, known as the Ümit Milli Futbol Takımı, has released the preliminary squad for their upcoming friendly match against Kosovo on Wednesday, June 3rd, in Istanbul. According to the announcement by the Turkish Football Federation, the invited players will assemble at a hotel in Istanbul on Saturday, May 30th, at 15:00.

This special friendly match is part of the preparation for the UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualifiers in September and October, where Turkey will face Ukraine and Hungary. The match against Kosovo will serve as a crucial training session for the team under the leadership of technical director Egemen Korkmaz.

The preliminary squad includes the following players:

Goalkeepers: Onuralp Çevikkan (Trabzonspor), Deniz Ertaş (TÜMOSAN Konyaspor), Deniz Dilmen (Atko Grup Pendikspor)

Defenders: Ayberk Karapo (Manisa FK), Mertcan Ayhan (Schalke 04), Berkay Yılmaz (Nürnberg), Salih Malkoçoğlu (Trabzonspor), Hamza Güreler (RAMS Başakşehir), Yiğit Efe Demir (Fenerbahçe), Yasin Özcan (Beşiktaş), Deniz Ofli (Bayern Münih)

Midfielders: Yunus Emre Konak (Oxford United/Brentford FC), Eyüp Aydın (Kasımpaşa), Emirhan Boz (Ayvalıkgücü Belediyespor), Emirhan İlkhan (Torino), Baran Ali Gezek (ikas Eyüpspor), Emirhan Acar (Özbeyli Bandırmaspor), İzzet Çelik (Corendon Alanyaspor), Hamza Akman (Atko Grup Pendikspor)

Forwards: Emre Demir (Sakaryaspor), Livan Burcu (Union Berlin), Başar Önal (NEC Nijmegen), İlhan Fakılı (Clermont Foot 63), Melih Bostan (Sakaryaspor), Ali Habeşoğlu (Sipay Bodrum FK), Mustafa Erhan Hekimoğlu (Beşiktaş)