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Turkey running out of native soccer players to sing anthem

Turkish soccer is facing an invasion of foreign players while failing to train promising locals.
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Turks love to boast about locally made products. But these days, you can see foreign influence everywhere — in imports of fruits, vegetables, meat and even hay for cattle.

In the past four years, soccer has joined the list.

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