Filip Holosko put the hosts ahead after six minutes but Gala hit back through a Umit Karan penalty and a Hakan Sukur goal.

Selcuk Inan then levelled matters 15 minutes from time before receiving his marching orders 10 minutes later.

Fenerbahce failed to capitalise on Gala dropping two points as they too were held to a draw, 1-1 at Genclerbirligi.

The Turkish champions went ahead on the stroke of half-time through Alex, but were pegged back 10 minutes from the end by substitute Mile Sterjovski.

Elsewhere, 10-man Kasimpasa put in an impressive display to defeat Ankaraspor 3-1.

Fran Sergio Bastos opened the scoring midway through the second half before a Jonathan Tehoue double (70 and 86) made the game safe.

Substitute Tevfik Kose had briefly given the visitors hope with an 81st-minute penalty.

Erhan Kucuk was red-carded after 73 minutes but that did not have too much of an adverse effect for the hosts.

Finally, Sivasspor overcame Gaziantepspor 2-0 in a match which saw both sides finish with 10 men.

The visitors were reduced in numbers after just four minutes following the dismissal of Armand Deumi, and the player-count was evened up seven minutes before half-time when Sedat Bayrak saw red.

The home team coped better with the man disadvantage, with second-half goals from Mehmet Yildiz and Pini Balili proving the difference between the sides.