Turkey have made a bright start to their 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifying campaign with a 2-0 away victory over Armenia in Yerevan. Two second-half strikes from Middlesbrough FC forward Tuncay Şanlı and Fenerbahçe SK striker Semih Şentürk guided Turkey to victory at Hrazdan Stadium.

Turkey came close to scoring twice through Mevlüt Erdinç but the first half ended goalless. Tuncay Şanlı opened the scoring on 60th minute after collecting Kazım Kazım's pass before applying a smooth finish. On 77th minute, Semih Şentürk finished from close range after receiving Mehmet Aurélio's headed pass.

Meanwhile, Turkey president Abdullah Gül watched the game from the protocol stand along with his Armenian counterpart Serzh Sarkisyan and left the stadium by waving hands to the public.

At the other games of the group, Belgium defeated Estonia 3-2, while Spain beat Bosnia-Herzegovina 1-0 at home.

Stadium: Hrazdan
Referees: Tom Henning Ovrebo, Geir Age Holen, Jan Peter Randen  (Norway)
Armenia: Berezovski, Arzumanyan  (35 Khachatryan), Voskanyan, Mkrtchyan, Hovsepyan, Pachajyan, Tateosyan, Arakelyan, Artavazd Karamyan, Manucharyan (76 Arman Karamyan), Mkhitaryan  (66 Zebelyan)
Turkey: Volkan, Gökhan Gönül, Gökhan Zan, Servet, Hakan Balta, Emre, Mehmet Aurelio, Arda, Tuncay  ( 65 Ayhan), Semih  (86 Gökhan Ünal), Mevlüt  (55 Kazım)
Goals: 61 Tuncay, 77 Semih (Turkey)
Yellow Cards:  56 Mkhitaryan (Armenia), 68 Gökhan Zan (Turkey)

Standings at group five after first round of matches is as follows:

Teams	P	W	D	L	F	A	P
1.TURKEY	1	1	0	0	2	0	3
2.BELGIUM	1	1	0	0	3	2	3
3.SPAIN	1	1	0	0	1	0	3
4.ESTONIA	1	0	0	1	2	3	0
5.BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA	1	0	0	1	0	1	0
6.AERMENIAN	1	0	0	1	0	2	0

Ermenistan 0-2 Türkiye (Kaynak: AA)