Background
The son of a miner, Baştürk began his football career at Sportfreunde Wanne-Eickel.
The son of a miner, Baştürk began his football career at Sportfreunde Wanne-Eickel.
He was capped 49 times for the Turkey national football team, representing the team at the 2002 Fédération internationale de football association World Cup where it finished in third place.
In the same year he also appeared for Bayer 04 Leverkusen in the 2002 Union of European Football Associations Champions League Final. Early years, Bochum and Bayer
After the 2001 transfer to Bayer 04 Leverkusen more success was coming his way. Baştürk and Leverkusen finished second in the German league, the German Cup and the 2002 Champions League Final.
Hertha and Stuttgart
In July 2004 he was transferred to Hertha Bachelor of Science, where he remained until 2007 when his contract expired.
Baştürk agreed to join German champions VfB Stuttgart on a Bosman transfer on 28 May 2007 for the start of the 2007-2008 season. Blackburn Rovers
On 27 January 2010, it was announced that Baştürk had agreed to join Blackburn Rovers from Stuttgart until the end of the season on a free transfer, after his contract with Stuttgart was terminated.
Baştürk was handed his first start for Blackburn in the Premier League when he started against Wolverhampton Wanderers on 24 April 2010 at Molineux, however he was substituted at half-time. Baştürk was not offered a contract extension by Rovers.
In 2002 he also played in the 2002 Fédération internationale de football association World Cup, where the Turkish team came third.
Baştürk currently has 49 caps and two goals for Turkey. However, after he was left out of Turkey"s 23-man squad for Euro 2008, he said he would never play for the national team as long as Fatih Terim remains as the coach. International goals
Scores and results list Turkey"s goal tally first.