Besiktas held at Sivasspor

Erman Kilic struck with five minutes left to cancel out a Tomas Sivok opener that had come two minutes before half-time.

Besiktas is now eight points behind league leader Galatasaray, which plays its game in hand at home to Kayserispor on Saturday (Sunday AEDT).

Elsewhere, Istanbul Buyuksehir and Karabukspor shared the points in a 2-2 draw that also featured two red cards.

Istanbul took the lead through Samuel Holmen 33 minutes in, but Mehmet Yildiz levelled for the relegation-threatened visitor a minute before half-time, and then Istanbul's Kamil Zayatte collected his second yellow card in the course of conceding a penalty, converted by Florin Cernat, just after the hour mark.

But the 10 men of the home side levelled through substitute Edin Visca eight minutes from time, before Karabukspor's Muhammed Ozdin saw red for a second bookable offence a minute in the 89th minute.