The Blues winger, playing in his customary left-wing-back role for the Socceroos, was on the losing side however as Frank Farina's side were beaten 3-1 in front of 28,326 fans at the Aussie Stadium in Sydney.
Turkey took a deserved lead three minutes before the interval through Umit Ozat but the Aussies came out much stronger after the break and equalised on 48 minutes when Ozat brought down Marco Bresciano in the area and the Parma midfielder dusted himself down to convert the resulting spot-kick.
It was then the turn of former Blackburn Rovers striker Hakan Sukur to steal the show. The Galatasary striker putting the Turks back in front on 69 minutes and then bagging his second and his countries third 15 minutes from time.
The two sides meet again on Monday, 24th May at the Telstra Dome in Melbourne.
Australia: Mark Schwarzer, Simon Colosim, Stephen Laybutt, Tony Vidmar, Stan Lazaridis, Brett Emerton, Vince Grella, Marco Bresciano, Scott Chipperfield, Josip Skoko, David Zdrilic. Subs: Ahmad Elrich, Mile Sterjovski, Adrian Madaschi, Patrick Kisnorbo, Jade North, Ante Milicic, Max Vieri, Danny Tiatto, Zeljko Kalac.
Turkey: Rustu Recber, Tolga Seyhan, Bulentis Korkmaz, Deniz Baris, Umit Ozat, Emre Belozoglu, Okan Buruk, Hasan Sas, Serkan Balci, Hakan Sukur, Tuncay Sanli. Subs: Ibrahim Uzulmez, Zafer Biryol, Koray Avci, Ibrahim Toraman, Murat Hacioglu, Serhat Akin, Ali Gunes, Ali Tamdogan, Omer Catkic, Volkan Demirel.