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A U S T R A L I A N E M B A S S Y A N K A R A

MEDIA RELEASE

21 April 2009

Turkey-Australia Under 16 Football matches in Çanakkale

The first annual Turkey versus Australia Men's Under 16 football matches will be played in Canakkale on 24 April 2009 under a new initiative by Football Federation Australia and Turkish Football Federation (FFA) to celebrate the strong and close links between the two countries.
The match on 24 April is the first of two matches to be played in Canakkale over the ANZAC Day commemorative period with the second to be played on April 26th. The kick off time for both matches is at 14.00 hr at the Canakkale Stadium.
Australian Foreign Minister Stephen Smith and New South Wales Premier Nathan Rees will attend the game and meet the players.
The date of the annual football event was selected to coincide with ANZAC Day (25 April) for Australia and National Sovereignty and Children's Day (23 April) for Turkey.
The matches will be played alternatively in Turkey and Australia with next year’s games to be held in an Australian city yet to be determined.


For media contact: Elif Barutcuoglu-Wade, Public Diplomacy Manager
Phone: 0532-216 6256
e-mail: elif.wade@gmail.com