2016–17 in Turkish football explained

The 2016–17 season was the 112th season of competitive football in Turkey.

Pre-season

League	Promoted to league	Relegated from league
	Adanaspor Kardemir Karabükspor Alanyaspor	Sivasspor Eskişehirspor Mersin İdman Yurdu
	Ümraniyespor Manisaspor Bandırmaspor	1461 Trabzon Kayseri Erciyesspor Karşıyaka
	Erzurum BB Zonguldakspor Etimesgut Belediyespor Ofspor Kastamonuspor Niğde Belediyespor	Bayrampaşaspor Pazarspor Orduspor Kartalspor Ankara Demirspor Tarsus İdman Yurdu
	12 Bingölspor Elaziz Belediyespor Erbaaspor Türk Metal Kırıkkalespor Afjet Afyonspor Halide Edip Adıvarspor Kütahyaspor Muğlaspor Kocaelispor	Arsinspor Gölbaşıspor Turgutluspor Kahramanmaraş Belediyespor Zara Belediyespor Ayvalıkgücü Belediyespor Gaziosmanpaşaspor Körfez İskenderunspor Tavşanlı Linyitspor Çine Madranspor Sandıklıspor

Teams seeded for the group stages: Galatasaray (defending champions), Beşiktaş (1st in the Süper Lig), Fenerbahçe (2nd), and Konyaspor (3rd).
Teams seeded for the play-off round: İstanbul Başakşehir (4th in the Süper Lig), Osmanlıspor (5th), Galatasaray (6th), Kasımpaşa (7th), Akhisar Belediyespor (8th), Antalyaspor (9th), Gençlerbirliği (10th), Bursaspor (11th), Trabzonspor (12th), Çaykur Rizespor (13th), Gaziantepspor (14th), Adanaspor (1.Lig champions), Kardemir Karabükspor (1.Lig runners-up), and Alanyaspor (promoted from the 1.Lig)
Teams seeded for the second round: Sivasspor (16th in the Süper Lig), Eskişehirspor (17th), Mersin İdman Yurdu (18th), Adana Demirspor (4th in the 1.Lig), Elazığspor (5th), Balıkesirspor (6th), Giresunspor (7th), Gaziantep B.B. (8th), Samsunspor (9th), Altınordu (10th), Yeni Malatyaspor (11th), Boluspor (12th), Göztepe (13th), Şanlıurfaspor (14th), Denizlispor (15th), 1461 Trabzon (16th in the 1.Lig), Kayseri Erciyesspor (17th), Karşıyaka (18th),