BESIKTAS extended their lead at the top of the Super Lig to five points as they beat Denizlispor 2-1 and nearest challengers Sivasspor lost by the same score at Galatasaray.
Filip Holosko (28) and Ibrahim Toraman (63) scored the goals for the leaders, who climbed to 71 points.
Herve Tum scored for Sivasspor a minute into the second half to cancel out Arda Turan's opener, but with eight minutes remaining Turan grabbed a second to seal the win.
Trabzonspor passed up the chance to leapfrog Sivasspor as they fell to a 2-1 defeat at home to Fenerbahce, for whom Daniel Guiza scored a last-minute winner.
De Souza Alex (45) had earlier cancelled out Umut Bulut's 10th-minute opener for Trabzonspor, who remain a point behind in third place.
Konyaspor moved out of the bottom three with a 3-0 win against Ankaraspor. Stjepan Poljak (57), Bulent Bolukbasi (66) and Erdal Kilicaslan (86) did the damage for the hosts.
Kayserispor also recorded a heavy win, downing Genclerbirligi 4-0 thanks to a hat-trick from Milan Purovic and a penalty from Salomon Olembe.
Antalyaspor needed a late goal from Serge Djiehoua (72) to see off Ankaragucu 1-0, and Bursaspor beat Istanbul Buyuksehir BSK by the same score courtesy of Ayhan Tuna Uzumcu's 18th-minute effort.
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