ANKARA, Apr 24 (SW) - The Turkish national team will be playing a number of friendly matches in Germany next month, as part of their Euro 2008 preparation.

The Turks, who share Group A with Switzerland, the Czech Republic and Portugal, first face Slovakia in Bielefeld on May 20th.

Five days later, Uruguay will be their opponents in Bochum and Finland will be tested on May 29th in Duisburg.

Turkey will want to impress on this tournament, after their absence in Portugal four years ago. Then, the team crashed out of the play-offs in a two-leg clash with Latvia.