Turkey defeats The Netherlands in Euro 2016 qualification game

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Turkey defeated The Netherlands, 3-0 in the Group A qualifier game for the Euro 2016 in the central Turkish province of Konya on Sept. 6

Turkey defeated The Netherlands, 3-0 in the Group A qualifier game for the Euro 2016 in the central Turkish province of Konya on Sept. 6.      
Turkish midfielder O?uzhan Özyakup scored the first goal in the eighth minute. The second was scored by midfielder Arda Turan in the 26th minute.  Burak Y?lmaz scored the third goal in the 86th minute. Turkey is now in third place in Group A, a spot that guarantees a participation in a two-legged playoff against a third-place team from another group, of which the winner moves to the Euro 2016, to take place in France next summer.
Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davuto?lu was in attendance to watch the match held in Torku Arena.

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