Caleb Ekuban provided an assist as Trabzonspor put one foot in the Turkish Cup final by seeing off Fenerbahce 2-1 in the first leg of the semis on Tuesday night.
The Black Sea Storm made it to the last four after breezing past Erzurumspor in the quarter-finals.
After a goalless opening half, Trabzonspor took the lead at the restart courtesy of Alexander Sorloth.
Ekuban then initiated the second goal, outmuscling an opposition player before making a run into the box and laying a pass for Filip Novak who finished off the rest.
Fenerbahce gave themselves a lifeline thanks to Vedat Muriqi who scored the important away goal ahead of the return leg on April 21.