Ham Hyeongjin and Han Sungjeong were the top scorers for the Korean team, with 16 and 11 points respectively.
For Turkey, captain Yigit Gulmezoglu finished with 14 points while Yasin Aydin and Melih Siratca scored 10 apiece.
First and third set were so tight and even the Turkish were so close when tied 21-21 in the last one.
Turkey played with resilience against the Korean squad that had a very good serve with 7 team aces and same number of successful block attempts, against 4 and 5 of their rivals.
Korea will play against Finland and Turkey against Chile. Both matches on Saturday.
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