Emre, who was skipper of his country leading up to Euro 2008, played no part in Turkey's 2-1 victory over Bosnia-Herzegovina in Istanbul on Saturday.
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Emre, who was skipper of his country leading up to Euro 2008, played no part in Turkey's 2-1 victory over Bosnia-Herzegovina in Istanbul on Saturday.
Turkey came from behind to extend their unbeaten start to the World Cup qualifying campaign.
Edin Dzeko gave the visitors the lead after 27 minutes, but then turned villain as he gifted Turkey the equaliser with an own goal.
Mevlut Erdinc's effort secured the win for the Turks as they maintained the pressure on Spain and Belgium at the top of Group Five.
Spain lead the way on nine points from their opening three games, with Turkey and Belgium both two further back.
After a narrow opening day loss to the Spanish, Bosnia-Herzegovina came into the match full of confidence following a resounding 7-0 victory over Estonia.
Turkey Demirel, Cetin, Balta, Kas, Sarioglu, Turan, Aurelio,Kazim-Richards, Akman (Altintop 64), Erdinc (Simsek 80),Karadeniz (Sahin 39).
Subs Not Used: Zengin, Kurtulus, Yildiz, Erkin.