Turkey boosted their World Cup qualifying hopes

Turkey doubled their lead two minutes later when Yildiray Basturk surged into the area and powered in a shot which deflected in off hapless Albania defender Elvin Beqiri.

Despite their early advantage the 2002 World Cup semi-finalists were far from convincing and squandered a series of goalscoring opportunities in the second half against an Albanian side who also failed to capitalise on their chances.