Turkey’s Arda Turan (right) vies for the ball with Andraz Struna of Slovenia during the pre-Euro 2016 football friendly match at Stadium Stozice in Ljubljana, Slovenia on June 5.  AFP PHOTO
Turkey’s Arda Turan (right) vies for the ball with Andraz Struna of Slovenia during the pre-Euro 2016 football friendly match at Stadium Stozice in Ljubljana, Slovenia on June 5. AFP PHOTO

ISTANBUL: Arda Turan, who rose from a tough upbringing in a working class Istanbul district to join Barcelona in the highest-profile move ever by a Turkish footballer, has to prove his international class at Euro 2016.

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