Following the draw on Sunday, Turkey will meet the Netherlands, Czech Republic, Latvia, Iceland and Kazakhstan in Group A that looks to be one of the toughest in the qualifying competition.
Fifty-three nations were in the draw, which was conducted by UEFA General Secretary Gianni Infantino, EURO winners Ruud Gullit and Bixente Lizarazu and 13 of Europe's goalkeeping greats: Vítor Baía (Portugal), Fabien Barthez (France), Rinat Dasaev (Russia), José Ángel Iribar (Spain), Pat Jennings (Northern Ireland), Andreas Köpke (Germany), Antonis Nikopolidis (Greece), Jean-Marie Pfaff (Belgium), Peter Schmeichel (Denmark), Jan Tomaszewski (Poland), Hans van Breukelen (Netherlands), Ivo Viktor (Czech Republic) and Dino Zoff (Italy).
The nine group winners and runners-up will qualify automatically for the Euro 2016 finals, along with the best third-placed team. The eight other third-placed teams will meet in playoffs to decide the final four teams to take part in the finals in France in 2016.
For the first time, qualifying takes place under the new Week of Football concept, in which games are played from Thursday to Tuesday. France are assured of their place in the final tournament, but will play centralised friendlies in accordance with the Week of Football schedule against those in the five-team qualifying pool: Portugal, Denmark, Serbia, Armenia and Albania.
The qualifying competition, which lasts for 13 months, begins in September.
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