Turkey climbed up to second position in EURO 2012 Qualifying Group A following a 2-1 win over Kazakhstan thanks to a last-minute free kick goal by Atlético Madrid midfielder Arda Turan.

Turkey opened the scoring after 31 minutes by Burak Yılmaz but Kazakhstan leveled the score through Ulan Konysbayev on 55th minute.

Mukhtar Mukhtarov handballed in the penalty area on 61st minute and the referee pointed to the spot but Burak missed the penalty a minute later.

On 78th minute, Burak Yılmaz had a headed strike which was disallowed by the assistant referee's warning to the match official.

Turkey midfielder Selçuk inan was shown the red card on 90+2 after a harsh tackle on his opponent.

Finally, Arda Turan took the free kick on 90+6th minute to gift his side the victory.

In the day's other matches of the group; Azerbaijan drew 1-1 againsr Belgium while, Germany beat Austria 6-2.

Turkey will face Austria in Vienna on 6 September 2011 Tuesday at 21.30 with Turkish local time.

Stadium: Türk Telekom Arena
Referees: Clement Turpin, Michael Annonier, Laurent Stien (France)
Turkey: Volkan Demirel, Sabri Sarıoğlu, Egemen Korkmaz, Serdar Kesimal, Hakan Balta, Arda Turan, Selçuk İnan, Emre Belözoğlu (60 Gökhan Töre), Mehmet Ekici (51 Selçuk Şahin), Kazım Kazım (82 Umut Bulut), Burak Yılmaz
Kazakhstan: Mokine, Goorman, Moukhtarov, Logvinenko, Kirov, Konysbayev (86 Nousserbayev), Shakhmetov (81 Baizhanov), Nourdauletov, Schmidtgal, Khairouline (67 Ostapenko), Gridine
Goals: 31 Burak Yılmaz, 90+6 Arda Turan (Turkey), 55 Konysbayev (Kazakhstan)
Yellow Cards: 29 Sabri Sarıoğlu, 79 Arda (Turkey), 76 Logvinenko, 90+1 Mokine, 90+4 Nousserbayev (Kazakhstan)
Red Card: 90+2 Selçuk İnan (Turkey)

EURO 2012 Qualification Round Group A Standings:

Teams	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
1.GERMANY	8	8	0	0	28	5	24
2.TURKEY	7	4	1	2	11	8	13
3.BELGIUM	8	3	3	2	16	11	12
4.AUSTRIA	7	2	1	4	12	16	7
5.AZERBAIJAN	7	1	1	5	6	19	4
6.KAZAKHSTAN	7	1	0	6	3	17	3

Turkey Squad for Kazakhstan and Austria games:

Volkan Demirel, Serdar Kesimal, Selçuk Şahin, Emre Belözoğlu (Fenerbahçe), Sabri Sarıoğlu, Gökhan Zan, Servet Çetin, Hakan Kadir Balta, Çağlar Birinci, Selçuk İnan, Kazım Kazım (Galatasaray A.Ş.), Tolga Zengin, Burak Yılmaz (Trabzonspor A.Ş.), Egemen Korkmaz, İsmail Köybaşı (Beşiktaş A.Ş.), Cenk Tosun (Gaziantepspor), Sinan Bolat (Standard Liege), Mehmet Ekici (Werder Bremen), Tunay Torun (Hertha BSC), Mehmet Topal (Valencia C.F.), Arda Turan (Club Atletico de Madrid), Gökhan Töre (Hamburger SV), Umut Bulut (Toulouse FC).