Turkey round-up: Denizlispor keep the dream alive

Denizlispor's hopes of European football next season were boosted by today's 2-1 win over Diyarbakirspor.

Veysel finds a winner
Diyarbakirspor took a 23rd-minute lead through Önder Deniz Kolgu but the home side recovered in the second half. Within a minute of the restart the scores were level, Timuçin Beyazit's corner reaching Muzaffer Bilazer who made no mistake. Four minutes later Coskun Birdal fed Ali Tandogan who laid the ball on for Veysel Cihan to convert, taking his side to sixth place in the table.

Tetteh strikes
Rizespor also came from behind to beat Bursaspor at home. Mustafa Er's shot bounced back to Okan Yilmaz in the 35th minute and he steered Bursaspor into the lead. Rizespor levelled seven minutes after the break when Ünal Alpugan crossed from the left for Emmanuel Tetteh to convert.

Erkan dismissed
The visitors' chances of salvaging a point were hit 17 minutes from time when Erkan Özbey was sent off for a second yellow card and they were made to pay when Tetteh added his second three minutes from time.

Draw for Gaziantepspor
In the day's other game, Gaziantepspor earned a valuable point with a 1-1 draw at Gençlerbirligi SK. They took the lead three minutes into the second half through Maxim Romaschenko's clinical volley. The home side countered, however, and levelled on the hour through Ahmed Hassan.