Bursaspor climbed above Galatasaray into second place in the Super Lig after thrashing eight-man Istanbul Buyuksehir 6-0.
Omer Erdogan (12) and Ozan Ipek (16) put hosts Bursaspor in early control and Pablo Batalla added a third shortly before half-time. Volkan Sen made it four after 65 minutes, Turgay Bahadir (74) added the fifth and Ali Tandogan wrapped it up with nine minutes to go.
It was a day to forget for the visitors, who had Kanfory Sylla, Ibrahim Akin and ! substitute Okan Buruk sent off in the second period.
The defeat for Istanbul allowed Besiktas to move above them into thanks to a 1-0 win away to Eskisehirspor. Ekrem Dag got the only goal for the Black Eagles.
