The visitors had to wait until the 67th minute to open the scoring through Mehmet Yildiz before substitute Yannick Kamanan added a second seven minutes from time.

The result allows Sivasspor to stay ahead of Besiktas, who ran out 3-0 winners at home to Genclerbirligi.

The hosts left it late but goals from Fabian Ernst (65), Ekrem Dag (88) and Filip Holosko (90) settled the tie.

A 58th-minute own goal from Mahmut Tekdemir earned Antalyaspor a 1-0 win against Istanbul Buyuksehir BSK to lift them above their fellow strugglers in the table.

And a double from Rodrigo Tabata helped Gaziantepspor snatch a 3-2 win at Konyaspor.