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Former Super League star Jansin Turgut will cap a remarkable comeback by playing for Turkey in the curtain-raiser to the Dragons-Roosters ANZAC Day clash after recovering from life-threatening injuries sustained in a fall from a car park in Spain.
Turkish players and officials hope Sunday’s historic Anzac Day clash against the Australian Defence Force at the SCG will become an annual event and could lead to a match being played at Gallipoli.
Turkey, whose Test team includes Canberra prop Emre Guler, Parramatta rookie Samuel Hughes and Super League stars Aidan Sezer, Yusuf Aydin and Jansin Turgut, will meet the ADF in a curtain-raiser to annual fixture between the Sydney Roosters and St George Illawarra.
The match will be live-streamed by NRL.com and captain Arda Dalcik said the rugby league community in Turkey would watch with great interest.