Question 1:
Is Turkey, the bird, from Turkey, the country?
And the answer is... no. They actually come from America, and only came to Europe by way of Spanish traders in the sixteenth century. As to why they are called "Turkeys", when Europeans first saw them they thought they were a new sort of African Guinea Fowl, which were imported into Europe from Turkey. This led to them being called "Turkey Birds", and then just "Turkeys".
So we started our week with a player from Turkey, Abdullah Ercan, born on the 8th December 1971.
He is now retired, but was a player and a manager, and he also represented Turkey, not just as an adult, but also as an Under 18, and an Under 21, as well as taking part in the 1993 Olympic Games.
Despite this, the Trading Card Database/AbdullahErcan only has him on ten cards
Now "Euro 2000" may be the title that this set is usually referred to - but the album calls it "UEFA Euro 2000 Belgium - The Netherlands". This is because the event was actually co-hosted by Belgium and the Netherlands, which was the first time that two Nations had ever co-hosted. Sadly neither of these teams won - France beat Italy in the Final - though The Netherlands did make it to the Quarter Finals, where they were beaten by Italy.
If you look at the reverse of the sticker you will see that there are different languages, so the same stickers were circulated all over the globe without the need to reprint them each time. This is cost-effective, but sadly it does not allow us the fun of collecting the same set in different languages, as we have with issuers like Liebig.