By Fatih Erel
ISTANBUL (AA) – Besiktas will play against Akhisar on Friday to kick off the second half of the Turkey's Spor Toto Super Lig.
Turkey's top tier football league has been experiencing something new this year as trio Galatasaray, Besiktas and Fenerbahce are far from leadership.
Medipol Basaksehir are the leaders with 35 points, while four other teams — Trabzonspor, Yeni Malatyaspor, Kasimpasa and Galatasaray — follow with 29 points. Besiktas are at the seventh place with 26 points.
The leader Medipol Basaksehir will play against Trabzonspor in an away match on Sunday.
Galatasaray will face Ankaragucu at home on Saturday while Fenerbahce will face Bursaspor in an away match on Monday.
Fenerbahce remained in the relegation zone. Fenerbahce with 16 points are currently at 17th place in the league — 19 points away from the top of the league.
The transfer window will be open until Jan. 31 for the Turkish clubs to transfer new football players.
- Week 18 schedule:
Friday:
Akhisarspor-Besiktas at 1730GMT
Saturday:
Buyuksehir Belediye Erzurumspor-Atiker Konyaspor at 1030GMT
Evkur Yeni Malatyaspor-Goztepe at 1030GMT
Antalyaspor-Istikbal Mobilya Kayserispor at 1300GMT
Galatasaray-MKE Ankaragucu at 1600GMT
Sunday:
Aytemiz Alanyaspor-Demir Grup Sivasspor at 1300GMT
Trabzonspor-Medipol Basaksehir at 1600GMT
Monday:
Bursaspor-Fenerbahce at 1700GMT
Kasimpasa-Caykur Rizespor at 1700GMT
| TURKEY'S SPOR TOTO SUPER LIG | PLD | W | D | L | GF | GA | +/- | POINTS | |
| 1. | MEDIPOL BASAKSEHIR | 17 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 22 | 8 | 14 | 35 |
| 2. | TRABZONSPOR | 17 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 32 | 22 | 10 | 29 |
| 3. | EVKUR YENI MALATYASPOR | 17 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 26 | 16 | 10 | 29 |
| 4. | KASIMPASA | 17 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 37 | 28 | 9 | 29 |
| 5. | GALATASARAY | 17 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 30 | 21 | 9 | 29 |
| 6. | ANTALYASPOR | 17 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 19 | 21 | -2 | 27 |
| 7. | BESIKTAS | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 28 | 23 | 5 | 26 |
| 8. | ATIKER KONYASPOR | 17 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 23 | 20 | 3 | 25 |
| 9. | DEMIR GRUP SIVASSPOR | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 24 | 23 | 1 | 24 |
| 10. | GOZTEPE | 17 | 7 | 1 | 9 | 18 | 19 | -1 | 22 |
| 11. | BURSASPOR | 17 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 17 | 17 | 0 | 21 |
| 12. | MKE ANKARAGUCU | 17 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 17 | 26 | -9 | 20 |
| 13. | ISTIKBAL MOBILYA KAYSERISPOR | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 25 | -10 | 19 |
| 14. | AYTEMIZ ALANYASPOR | 17 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 22 | -9 | 18 |
| 15. | AKHISARSPOR | 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 19 | 26 | -7 | 17 |
| 16. | B.B. ERZURUMSPOR | 17 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 16 | 22 | -6 | 16 |
| 17. | FENERBAHCE | 17 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 16 | 24 | -8 | 16 |
| 18. | CAYKUR RIZESPOR | 17 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 19 | 28 | -9 | 12 |
