Ozil was picked out by fans who were reluctant to accept that a descendent of a Turkish family snubbed their nation to play for the country of his birth, and then scored against them too.

His every touch in last night's match was met with loud boos from an estimated 30,000 Turkey fans in a crowd of just over 60,000 in the German capital, but Ozil said he had not even noticed.

"I just shut it all out and concentrated on my game," he told the website of the German Football Association, www.dfb.de.

"Of course it was a special game for me because I was playing against my friends. My team and our German fans supported me really well and I am delighted about that.

"I am glad that we have reached our objective and won."

Ozil did not celebrate when he put Germany 2-0 up in the second half, but he rejected claims made in the Turkish media that he had been ashamed to score against them.

He said: "Of course I was totally happy after scoring. It was great for me to score in a game like this, but it was a spontaneous decision not to go wild with celebrations.

"It was out of respect for my home and my ancestors."

Ozil did not speak to the media immediately after yesterday's game as he instead headed straight to the treatment room after taking a knock to his ankle.

He is nevertheless hopeful that he will be back to fitness in time to face Kazakhstan on Tuesday.

"I still have pain, but I have faith in the preferential treatment from our national team doctors and physiotherapists," he said.

"I hope that I can get fit in time because I really want to play."